{"id":37575,"date":"2026-01-25T01:07:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T01:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/livingston-seeks-report-for-derby-over-allegations-of-racist-taunting-against-bukla\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:48:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:48:31","slug":"livingston-seeks-report-for-derby-over-allegations-of-racist-taunting-against-bukla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/livingston-seeks-report-for-derby-over-allegations-of-racist-taunting-against-bukla\/","title":{"rendered":"Livingston seeks report for Derby over allegations of racist taunting against Bukla"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_59175e1c84dd6eb9\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">Livingston Manager Raises Racism Allegation Against Aberdeen Following Bukila\u2019s Statements<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Livingston &#8211; UNN: Livingston manager David Martindale has promised to report to the Scottish FA regarding his team&#8217;s forward, Jeremy Bukila, after the latter was upset by a word he described as racist used by an opponent against the team&#8217;s goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Martindale, 47, stated that his team&#8217;s top scorer, aged 37, was &#8220;in tears&#8221; in the dressing room following the Scottish League Cup final match, which his team lost to Aberdeen 6-2 at Pittodrie Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">It is understood that, according to the complaint, the controversial word directed at Bukila during a second-half clash\u2014which resulted in Bukila\u2019s sending off\u2014was of a racial nature.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">BBC Scotland has contacted Aberdeen for an official comment.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">&#8220;I have a 37-year-old scorer in tears; I will try to look into the matter,&#8221; Martindale said after the match.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">United News Network \u2013 UNN Arabic<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">An independent media platform providing reliable news and objective analysis, seeking to promote peace and cultural dialogue around the world to convey the truth and build bridges of understanding between peoples.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">For more news, you can visit our homepage:<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\"><a class=\"ng-star-inserted\" href=\"https:\/\/un-news.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hveid=\"0\" data-ved=\"0CAAQ_4QMahgKEwit1brMwaWSAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQzAM\">https:\/\/un-news.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Livingston Manager Raises Racism Allegation Against Aberdeen Following Bukila\u2019s Statements Livingston &#8211; UNN: Livingston manager David Martindale has promised to report to the Scottish FA regarding his team&#8217;s forward, Jeremy Bukila, after the latter was upset by a word he described as racist used by an opponent against the team&#8217;s goalkeeper. Martindale, 47, stated that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-37575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}