BeIN Sports has issued an apology after commentator Gregory Paisley allegedly makes racist remark during Nigeria’s win over Iceland on Friady. Pundit Gregory Paisley, a former Paris Saint-Germain defender, was working for the channel during the match. When commenting about Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, he said the player “should take Banania”, a chocolate drink which has connotations of colonialism and French imperialism.
A statement from BeIN read: “BeIN SPORTS regrets that some of the comments that were [broadcast] during the Nigeria-Iceland match may have been judged offensive by some of you. [We] apologise to all the people who felt hurt and offended.”