The case is the latest incident of racial abuse in Spain’s top flight after numerous reports by Real Madrid’s Vinicius.
By Al Jazeera Staff
A man was sentenced to one year in prison in a court settlement for racially abusing Athletic Bilbao forward Inaki Williams during a match at Espanyol’s Cornella-El Prat stadium in 2020, a local court in Barcelona said.
Prosecutors said the man imitated monkey noises and gestures aimed at Ghana international Williams.
In a further incident last season, Athletic Bilbao’s La Liga game at Espanyol in February was temporarily halted after Williams, who was born in Bilbao to parents from Ghana who met in a refugee camp, reported alleged racist abuse towards teammate Maroan Sannadi.
