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Sudan's top football club has been reprimanded after some of its supporters taunted rival fans by erecting banners displaying an image of Adolf Hitler during a bitter championship decider.
Photos of the banner, which was displayed by supporters of al-Hilal Omdurman during the club’s derby match with al-Merrikh on 25 November, made headlines on sports pages in Sudan and were widely shared and condemned on social media, while world football governing body FIFA has told MEE it is seeking more information about the incident.
As well as erecting an image of the leader of Nazi Germany, fans belonging to al-Hilal's Blue Lions ultras group also held aloft letters spelling out the word "Holocaust".
Al-Hilal has said it condemns the fans responsible, although the club also posted video footage of the banners on its official Facebook page.