Basketball Showdown: Barcelona Outraged by Racist Insults Directed at Player Prior to Madrid Match

The Barcelona basketball team has condemned the racist abuse suffered by Nigerian player James Nnaji during their Spanish championship final victory over bitter rivals Real Madrid. Images of the arrival of the Barcelona team bus at the WiZink centre in Madrid, where the match took place, showed several Madrid fans hurling insults at the Barcelona players, and according to local media, Nnaji was the target of racist insults. Barcelona released a statement strongly condemning the racist insults suffered by Nnaji and expects a firm response from the Spanish basketball league against any racial or verbal insults. The coach of the Barcelona basketball team, Sarunas Jasikevicius, also spoke out against the incident, stating that it has to stop now and doesn’t fit. This incident comes after multiple people have been arrested for racist incidents targeting Vinicius Junior, a professional soccer player in Spain.