Speaking to France Info, Noël Le Graët, president of the French Football Federation (FFF), said that stopping matches for anti-gay chants and banners in the stands was "a mistake", and that he hoped his decision would take effect from this weekend's games. "I would stop a match for racist chants.
I would stop a match for fighting or if there were a dangerous situation in the stands," Le Graët said. But racism and homophobia "are not the same thing", he insisted, adding that it should be down to