Pierre Webo

Romanian referee Sebastian Coltescu has apologized over a racial term he used when identifying a Black assistant coach of Istanbul team Başakşehir in a game last week over a phone call with Senagelese striker Demba Ba.

Walking off the pitch during a EUFA Champions League game between Turkey's Medipol Başakşehir and France's Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on Dec. 8 as a protest against the racist remark by one of the referees was a "milestone," said Pierre Webo, Başakşehir's assistant manager.

Turkish football club Medipol Başakşehir have demanded from UEFA a life-long ban on referees who passed racist remarks on the team's assistant manager Pierre Webo.

Achille Webo (C), player of Basaksehir reacts during the UEFA Champions League group H soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Istanbul Basaksehir in Paris, France, 08 December 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

The Champions League match between Paris SG and Turks of Basaksehir Istanbul was interrupted on Tuesday and the players returned to the locker room, after an alleged racist incident involving the fourth referee of the match.

The match was interrupted after about 15 minutes of play. The fourth referee is accused of racism, he would have designated a player by the term "nigga". 

UEFA Champions League match between France's Paris Saint-Germain and Turkey's Medipol Başakşehir late on Dec. 9 was paused after an alleged racist remark targeting the Turkish club's technical staff.

In the 17th minute of the match at Parc des Princes, Başakşehir assistant manager Pierre Webo from Cameroon argued with the referee of the match about a position.

Galatasaray coach Jan Olde Riekerink blamed the weather and the icy pitch after his side was held to 2-2 draw at Osmanlıspor in the Spor Toto Super League on Dec. 18.

Be?ikta? beat Gençlerbirli?i 2-1 in the last matchday of the 2014-15 Turkish Spor Toto Super League season at Osmanl? Stadium in Ankara on May 29, completing the season in the third spot with 69 points.

Turkish striker Cenk Tosun and midfielder O?uzhan Özyakup were the scorers for Be?ikta?, while Gençlerbirli?i's single goal was scored by midfielder Cagri Bulbul.

Fenerbahçe was determined not to go down in the title race without a fight, both literally and figuratively, as the last minutes of their 2-2 draw away at Ba?ak?ehirspor, which gave archrival Galatasaray the league title, ended with a spree of red cards and two Fener players dangerously kicking their rivals. 

Galatasaray was crowned champions of Turkey?s top flight for a record 20th time on May 25, after perennial Istanbul rivals Fenerbahçe had four men sent off in a 2-2 draw at Ba?ak?ehir.
  
With one round of games remaining, Fenerbahçe needed nothing less than a win against Ba?ak?ehir, a fast-growing Istanbul side, to keep any title hopes alive.