Exclusive: Footage appears to show officials in Istanbul stadium attempting to confiscate flag from fan

Ukraine’s FA has called on Uefa to investigate footage of a Manchester City fan at the Champions League final in Istanbul who appears to have been hit by an official trying to confiscate the Ukrainian flag he had brought to the stadium.

Yaakov Kris, 30, who lives in Israel but who is originally from Odesa in southern Ukraine, filmed his altercation with two men on the perimeter of the pitch as they attempted to wrestle the flag from him.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

UK mortgage approvals at highest level in 13 years

Stamp duty holiday and Covid-prompted house moves drive mortgage market boom UK…

‘It’s not looking good, is it?’ Why patients’ families plead for connection as much as prognosis | Ranjana Srivastava

On a phone call the body language is lost. Is my patient’s…

UK deportation flight with four onboard raises questions over viability

Jamaica charter costs equivalent of £50,000 per person, as Home Office hits…

The Guardian view on the climate summit: 100 days to save the world | Editorial

Floods, fires and droughts show the global urgency. But the prospects are…