Football racism row | BBL ban?
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
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🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Real Madrid and Brazilian football star Vinicius Junior has said he was racially abused in last night’s match against Benfica.
Essex Police are looking into private flights taken in and out of Stansted Airport - as a result of details coming from the Epstein files.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) says police are arresting 1,000 suspected paedophiles every month.
A group of female MPs say the government should immediately ban high-harm cosmetic procedures like Brazilian butt lifts, also known as BBLs.
Charles Bronson, one of Britain’s most notorious prisoners, could be on the verge of freedom as the Parole Board is set to assess his application today.
And finally, a Russian flag will be flown at a Paralympic Games for the first time since 2014 when the Winter Paralympics get under way next month.
Kamali has the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:56.1 | Football First and the Brazilian player Vinicius Jr., who had been racially abused before, |
| 1:01.6 | says it happened to him again last night. His team Real Madrid were in Portugal playing Benfica in the Champions League. He just scored a brilliant goal and was celebrating in front of the |
| 1:05.4 | home supporters who threw objects at him. There was then a confrontation between players |
| 1:10.4 | from each side and he was |
| 1:11.7 | given the yellow card for excessive celebrations. As the game was about to restart, Vinny approached |
| 1:16.0 | the ref and accused the Benfica player Jan Luca Prestiani of using a slur. He can be seen saying |
| 1:22.3 | something using his shirt to cover his mouth. As players again confronted each other, Vinny left the pitch and sat on the bench. |
| 1:29.4 | The game eventually resumed, a rail, won by a goal to nil. |
| 1:32.7 | And now, after the game, Vinny posted on social media, |
| 1:35.8 | racists are above all cowards. |
| 1:38.3 | They need to put their shirts on their mouths to show how weak they are. |
| 1:41.8 | Prestiani for his part has denied making a racist slur, claiming |
| 1:45.0 | the Madrid player misinterpreted what he thought he heard. The Benfica manager, |
| 1:50.0 | Jose Marino, seemed to blame Vinnie for what happened by saying a stadium where Venetius plays, |
| 1:55.0 | something happens always. Now, in May of 2023, Venetius Jr. was racially abused by Valencia fans. In the same year, |
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