Belgium’s national soccer association banned a junior football team after its members shouted anti-Semitic slogans at Jewish opponents. The ban, which will last until the end of the season, was imposed last Friday on the FC Harlem junior side, a mainly Turkish team from the Brussels area, after they greeted members of the Maccabi Brussels junior side with anti-Semitic chants at an Oct. 30 game.
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