{"id":9659,"date":"2009-01-12T15:17:49","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T15:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/01\/12\/ex-spurs-striker-punished-for-palestinian-support\/"},"modified":"2009-01-12T15:17:49","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T15:17:49","slug":"ex-spurs-striker-punished-for-palestinian-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2009\/01\/12\/ex-spurs-striker-punished-for-palestinian-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Spurs striker punished for Palestinian support"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Muslim Freddie Kanoute fined<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"277\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"180\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"3\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/Image\/ArticleImages\/FreddieKanboutePalestine_180x232.jpg\"\/>FORMER Tottenham Hotspurs striker Freddie Kanoute has been fined after he revealed a t-shirt with a message supporting Palestine during a cup game in Spain.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The Muslim striker, who plays for Spanish side Sevilla, was fined an unspecified amount by the Spanish Football Federation for his post-goal celebration. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>After scoring for his side in the Copa Del Rey cup game against Deportivo La Coruna, Kanoute, who played for Premiership side Tottenham Hotspurs, lifted his top to reveal a t-shirt with the word Palestine across the front, as well as words in Arabic. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>He was cautioned by the referee during the game.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Media reports have suggested he was fined \u20ac3,000. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Kanoute, a practicing Muslim, has in the past refused to wear a team shirt with a gambling logo on it in view of his religious beliefs. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslim Freddie Kanoute fined FORMER Tottenham Hotspurs striker Freddie Kanoute has been fined after he revealed a t-shirt with a message supporting Palestine during a cup game in Spain. &#13; The Muslim striker, who plays for Spanish side Sevilla, was fined an unspecified amount by the Spanish Football Federation for his post-goal celebration. &#13; After [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}