Racist Taunts Sour Tottenham's Europa League Draw Against Lazio: The Nightly EPL

Three black Tottenham Hotspur footballers were the target of racial abuse from Lazio supporters in Thursday night’s Europa League game at White Hart Lane. The unfortunate incident happened during the 0-0 draw where Jermain Defoe, Aaron Lennon and Andros Townsend were the target of monkey chants. UEFA President Michel Platini was at the match too, so you would expect tough measures from the European football body.

Here are the Premier League news headlines tonight:

• ‘Racist taunts’ sour Spurs’ Europa League draw — The Guardian
• It’s inevitable that soccer will become as popular as MLB and NBA in the U.S. — ESPN
• Have FOX Soccer totally misread the mood ahead of Liverpool v Man Utd? — 101 Great Goals
• Brendan Rodgers hails debutants after Liverpool battle to Young Boys win — The Guardian
• End sick chants, say Man Utd fans — BBC Sport
• EA Sports FIFA Soccer’s U.S. Boom — BusinessWeek
• £1bn TV deal will damage the national side, claims Hodgson — The Independent
• Marítimo 0-0 Newcastle: Match Report — The Guardian
• Swansea boss Laudrup ready to adopt direct approach to stop Everton — Wales Online
• Tottenham Hotspur 0 Lazio 0: match report — The Telegraph
• Newcastle will not break wage structure to hold on to unsettled Ba — The Independent
• Fulham’s Mahamadou Diarra could miss remainder of season with injury — The Telegraph
• Jack Wilshere and Emmanuel Frimpong return to first-team training — BBC Sport
• Adam Johnson unlikely to be fit for Sunderland’s trip to West Ham — The Guardian
• Stoke defender Andy Wilkinson will serve a three-match ban — The Independent
• Chelsea bring in police over racist Twitter abuse of Mikel John Obi — The Guardian
• Michel Vorm set to agree new Swansea City deal — Wales Online
• Emile Heskey joins Newcastle Jets in Australia — The Daily Mail
• Qatar 2022 Organisers Dismiss Calls for Winter World Cup — World Football Insider

Video: Liverpool’s high-scoring victory over Young Boys