New Delhi, Feb 2 (Ians) Indian Super League (Isl) club Odisha Fc on Tuesday sacked their coach Stuart Baxter after he used an offensive analogy about rape while talking about referees not giving his team penalties.
"Odisha Fc has decided to terminate Head Coach, Stuart Baxter's contract with immediate effect. The interim coach for the remainder of the season will be announced soon," the club said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
Odisha had previously apologised shortly after Baxter made the comments in a post-match interview on Star Sports.
"You need decisions to go your way and they didn't," Baxter, 67, said after his team's 1-0 defeat to Jamshedpur Fc on Monday. "I don't know when we're going to get a penalty. I think one of my players would have to rape someone or get raped himself if he was going to get a penalty."
Shortly thereafter, the club tweeted an apology...
"Odisha Fc has decided to terminate Head Coach, Stuart Baxter's contract with immediate effect. The interim coach for the remainder of the season will be announced soon," the club said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
Odisha had previously apologised shortly after Baxter made the comments in a post-match interview on Star Sports.
"You need decisions to go your way and they didn't," Baxter, 67, said after his team's 1-0 defeat to Jamshedpur Fc on Monday. "I don't know when we're going to get a penalty. I think one of my players would have to rape someone or get raped himself if he was going to get a penalty."
Shortly thereafter, the club tweeted an apology...
- 2/2/2021
- by IANS
- GlamSham
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