Euro 2012: UEFA probes Croatia 'racism'

UEFA have opened a disciplinary probe over alleged racist abuse by Barcelona's Sergio Busquets towards a Real Madrid player in the arch-rivals' ill-tempered Champions League semi-final last month."UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against FC Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets, who is alleged to have violated ... the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations by directing racist abuse towards a Real Madrid player," European football's governing body said in a statement on Thursday.

UEFA said on Wednesday that it had ordered a thorough disciplinary investigation into "serious" crowd trouble that forced the Euro 2012 qualifier between Italy and Serbia to be aborted.European football's governing body underlined in a statement that sanctions up to disqualification from the competition were possible under the rule book, after its disciplinary body meets on October 28 to consider the incidents.

UEFA on Wednesday opened disciplinary action against Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger and midfielder Samir Nasri for improper conduct after the side's 3-1 Champions League defeat against Barcelona.European football's governing body said it had "opened disciplinary proceedings against Arsenal FC coach Arsene Wenger and the English club's midfielder Samir Nasri following last night's UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg against FC Barcelona in Spain."

European football governing body UEFA announced on Wednesday they have opened disciplinary proceedings against AC Milan's Gennaro Gattuso after he head-butted Tottenham assistant manager Joe Jordan.The incident occurred after the final whistle in Milan's 1-0 Champions League first-leg defeat by Spurs in their last-16 tie at the San Siro on Tuesday night.UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body will meet next Monday to discuss the case.Tottenham's victory following a Peter Crouch goal in the 80th minute was overshadowed by Gattuso's behaviour during the fiery encounter.

European football's governing body UEFA will investigate alleged incidents of racist chanting at two Euro 2012 matches, it was announced on Tuesday.

Host countries Poland and Ukraine have been told to take a tough stance on racism during the Euro 2012 soccer tournament by European football's governing body UEFA.

The English Football Association has complained to European football's governing body UEFA following alleged racist abuse of one of its players during an under-21 fixture in Serbia.

UEFA's disciplinary body on Thursday fined Rangers at least 40,000 euros over sectarian chants by fans and stopped ticket sales to supporters for the Scottish club's next European away match.European football's governing body also put the Glasgow side under probation for three years with additional suspended sanctions that would force it to play a home match in UEFA competition behind closed doors and face ticket restrictions for another match.