N-word? F-word? All of the above? For those who forget that hate does not discriminate...

An overtime goal by black hockey player Joel Ward knocked the Boston Bruins out of the playoffs and propelled the Washington Capitals into the next round. Twitter did not handle this well.Buzzfeed shares some of the tweets (see all HERE).

26 April 2012 / Manchester football round table to be livecast

The beautiful game - an ugly culture
Thursday 26th April, 5pm, Academy 2 | Register now - use the form below
The best people to lead the fight against discrimination in sport are those that experience it. Everybody can learn from them and help to combat discrimination. Register to attend our evening with John Barnes (ex-Liverpool and England mid-fielder and ESPN commentator), Matt Hall (manager at Village Manchester FC) and a special guest from the England Women’s Football squad from 5 pm in Academy 2 in University of Manchester Students’ Union. Students must register for entry using the form below , non-students may email Jeremy.buck@manchester.ac.uk for attendance requests. If you don’t manage to register for the event, you can also watch the event live at www.fusefm.co.uk andwww.fusetv.co.uk .

En français / Un manifeste pour l'égalité pour tous

Lilian Thuram, l'un des plus grands joueurs du football français, présente sur France Inter son nouveau livre : «Il faut expliquer aux jeunes enfants très tôt qu'ils auront à lutter contre les injustices pour améliorer leur société, affirme-t-il. Je crois que c'est cette éducation que nous n'avons pas, parce que nous n'avons pas conscience que toutes les injustices sont liées quelque part. Par exemple le racisme, c'est lié au sexisme, c'est lié à l'homophobie, c'est lié au racisme envers les religions. Et je pense que nous devons avoir cette notion, parce que nous avons tendance à être égocentriques: Si ça me touche je m'y intéresse, si ça ne me touche pas, je ne m'y intéresse pas. Et c'est ce qu'il faut dépasser.»

Just one reaction to racist Liverpool FC...

From BBC Sport, a reaction to the Luis Suarez-Patrice Evra affair:

Kick It Out's Lord Ouseley has labelled Liverpool "hypocritical" over their handling of Luis Suarez's eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra.

Liverpool players wore T-shirts in support of Uruguayan Suarez - a move Ouseley has called "dreadful".

Lord Ouseley also said Reds striker Suarez's apology was "lamentable".

The anti-racism campaign 's chairman said: "Liverpool need to take a hard look at themselves. Suarez's attempt at a belated apology is lamentable."

Keep reading HERE.

Sepp Blatter comedy tour continues: "No racism on football pitches"

A message to Sepp Blatter: leave comedy to the professionals. After his hilarious (not) "joke" that homosexuals who fear persecution in Qatar (Blatter's choice of host for the 2022 World Cup) should just knock off the shirtlifting, he's made another attempt at humor (we guess that's what he was doing) by claiming that there is no racism on football pitches, and if there is anything approaching racism, the victims should just shake hands with the racists and make nice. Or something. It's kind of hard to follow nonsense humor.

From CNN World Sport:

CNN) -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter has told CNN he believes there is no on-field racism in football and that players who think they have been abused should simply say "this is a game."
The head of world soccer insisted FIFA had been tireless in their efforts to combat the specter of racism in football but suggested any player who is abused during a game should shake hands with their opponent upon the final whistle and move on.

The football authorities in England are currently dealing with two high-profile allegations of player-on-player racism, involving Chelsea and England captain John Terry and Liverpool's Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez. Both players deny the claims.

When asked by CNN World Sport anchor Pedro Pinto if racism exists on the field of play Blatter said: "I would deny it.

"There is no racism, there is maybe one of the players towards the other, he has a word or a gesture which is not the correct one, but also the one who is affected by that, he should say it's a game, we are in a game. At the end of the game, we shake hands, this can happen, because we have worked so hard against racism and discrimination."

Read in full HERE.