No fans for 1 game, Hungary avoids World Cup ban for racism
By ROB HARRIS
AP Global Soccer Writer
LONDON (AP) — Hungary has been ordered by FIFA to play its next World Cup qualifier without spectators as punishment for the latest racial abuse and disorder by its supporters when England played in Budapest. The Hungarian federation has also been fined 200,000 Swiss francs, one of the largest financial penalties handed out to a country by the world governing body. The team will have to play another FIFA match in an empty stadium if there are future incidents of abuse. The second match of the punishment is suspended for a probationary period of two years. Hungary will have to host Albania in an empty stadium in its next World Cup qualifier on Oct. 9.