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Soccer match slogans spark arbitration proceedings.

The sports officials are examining a soccer game from the Saxony-Anhalt district league that was halted due to supposedly racist chants.

The police are on duty with flashing blue lights.
The police are on duty with flashing blue lights.

Local athletic competition - Soccer match slogans spark arbitration proceedings.

As a result of reported racist chants during a halted Kreisliga game, the Kreisfachverband Fußball Salzland prompted a sports court case. "I learned about the event in Eggersdorf shortly after it occurred," said KFV President Helmut Lampe to the German Press Agency. "Consequently, we went ahead with the requisite actions for a sports court proceeding and also alerted the Fußballverband Sachsen-Anhalt."

Over the weekend, a criminal charge was filed due to presumptions of inciting hate, stated a police official. The police mentioned that the referee suspended the match between TSV Blau-Weiß Eggersdorf and Union 1861 Schönebeck, taking place in Bördeland-Eggersdorf south of Magdeburg, on Friday evening when the score was 7:0. As per the police account, a group of roughly ten individuals, backed by musical accompaniment, were the ones shouting the chant - specifically the melody of the classic party hit "L'amour toujours" by Gigi D'Agostino.

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The District league game between TSV Blau-Weiß Eggersdorf and Union 1861 Schönebeck in Saxony-Anhalt was disrupted due to racist chants, sparking a sports court case. This incident highlights the issue of extremism in soccer matches across Germany. The ongoing investigation into the incident involves charges of inciting hate.

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