The Brazilian football confederation (CBF) has been fined for the second time in less than a month for homophobic chants by fans.<\/p>\n
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World football`s governing body FIFA said on Thursday that the CBF was fined 25,000 Swiss francs around $26,000 for the behaviour of fans during Brazil`s 5-0 victory over Bolivia in a World Cup qualifier in Natal last month, reports Xinhua.<\/p>\n
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The CBF was also fined for the same offence during the national team`s 2-1 victory over Colombia in Manaus in September.<\/p>\n
Nine other national associations were punished by FIFA on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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Among them was the Chilean football federation, which was fined 15,000 francs (around $15,386) for homophobic abuse during Chile`s 2-1 victory over Peru in Santiago.<\/p>\n
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The Argentine football association was also hit with a fine of 15,000 francs for “insulting chants” during the former World Cup champions` loss to Paraguay in Cordoba.<\/p>\n
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Other nations to be sanctioned were Albania, Croatia, Estonia, Iran, Kosovo, Paraguay and Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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