A Hungarian soccer team was fined after fans chanted anti-Semitic slurs. The Hungarian Football Federation fined Ujpest FC $23,250 for last month’s incident against MTK Budapest, and the referee was suspended for more than two months for failing to take action. The Budapest team has Jewish roots, and the Hungarian Jewish community protested the behavior of Ujpest fans.
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