Overview
- The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 that the FMF must pay two separate fines of 60,000 Swiss francs and 80,000 Swiss francs, together totalling 140,000 Swiss francs.
- CAS annulled a 15% partial stadium-closure ordered by FIFA, saying the disciplinary commission applied inconsistent standards in similar cases.
- After a March hearing in Miami the panel concluded fan chanting was "collective and widespread," and found the FMF’s education and prevention measures dating to 2015 did not legally excuse the federation from liability.
- FIFA’s anti-discrimination monitors recorded the chant at several 2024 friendlies and those monitors will work across the World Cup’s 104 matches, with extra attention on Azteca Stadium where Mexico opens its campaign on June 11.
- The chant is a one-word Spanish slur usually shouted at opposing goalkeepers during goal kicks, a long-running reputational problem that has drawn repeated fines and could shape how matches are policed and experienced by players and fans during the tournament.