Fare network
{{short description|Network countering discrimination in European football}}
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The Fare network (formerly Football Against Racism in Europe) is a network set up to counter discrimination in European football.{{cite book |last1=Kassimeris |first1=Christos |title=European Football in Black and White: Tackling Racism in Football |date=2008 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=9780739119600 |pages=123–129 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q2V1UYIy2s4C&pg=PA123 |accessdate=28 August 2019 |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Wachter |first1=Kurt |title=Racism in Football – Football against Racism: The FARE Experience |journal=UN Chronicle |date=September 2007 |volume=44 |issue=3 |url=https://unchronicle.un.org/article/racism-football-football-against-racism-fare-experience |accessdate=28 August 2019 |archive-date=28 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828232242/https://unchronicle.un.org/article/racism-football-football-against-racism-fare-experience |url-status=dead }} The network was set up in Vienna, Austria, in February 1999 after a meeting of football supporters' groups, football players' unions and football associations. The network has received backing from the European governing body UEFA, FIFA and the European Commission for its aims.
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