{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Twist Islamophobia","provider_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en","author_name":"Fundaci\u00f3n de Cultura Isl\u00e1mica","author_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/author\/funci\/","title":"Islamophobia in contemporary sports - Twist Islamophobia","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"LrPyxugODo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2026\/06\/09\/islamophobia-in-contemporary-sports\/\">Islamophobia in contemporary sports<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/en\/2026\/06\/09\/islamophobia-in-contemporary-sports\/embed\/#?secret=LrPyxugODo\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Islamophobia in contemporary sports&#8221; &#8212; Twist Islamophobia\" data-secret=\"LrPyxugODo\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/twistislamophobia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/futbol_portada2.jpg","thumbnail_width":432,"thumbnail_height":288,"description":"On March 31, 2026, during a friendly match between Egypt and Spain at the RCDE Stadium in Cornell\u00e0-El Prat, Islamophobic chants such as \u00ab Musulm\u00e1n el que no bote\u00bb (\u00ab Jump if you&#8217;re not a muslim\u00bb) were heard among the crowd. In response to this event, Spain&#8217;s national team coach Luis de la Fuente and the president of the\u00a0Real Federaci\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola de F\u00fatbol (RFEF), Rafael Louz\u00e1n, publicly condemned the incident. On the other hand, Lamine Yamal, the only Muslim player on the Spanish national team, described the events as \u00aba lack of respect and something intolerable \u00bb (El Progreso, 2026; RTVE, 2026). These instances of Islamophobia and racism in sports are neither new nor isolated events. Islamophobia in sports, neither new nor exceptional Faced with these Islamophobic acts of hate, not all players react in the same way. Among the existing examples, we can cite Dani Alves, who ate the banana thrown at him from the stands at Villarreal CF\u2014a racist gesture of contempt. Others decided to walk off the pitch in these contexts, such as Moise Kean, then a Juventus forward, in 2019, or Moussa Marega, a FC Porto player, in 2020 (Valencia Candalija, 2022). &nbsp; As early as ..."}