MOSCOW - Bananas were reportedly thrown at a black player during a KHL game in Moscow, and the league has started an investigation.
Spartak Moscow fans threw two bananas onto the ice at Swedish wing Edwin Hedberg, who plays for Medvescak Zagreb, after the Croatian team won 4-1 on Wednesday, Russian media said.
"I don't know what to say. Things like this shouldn't happen but unfortunately they do. It's my second KHL season but I've encountered this for the first time," the 21-year-old Hedberg said in comments reported by Russian agency R-Sport.
The KHL said in a statement it was "looking into the matters of the racist incident during the Spartak-Medvescak match," and deciding what action to take.