John Terry, Patrice Evra and the Top 10 Racism Scandals in World Football

Racism is nothing new in football. This week, though, it is news in football.

Chelsea's John Terry is battling accusations of racism this week after his team's weekend loss to Queens Park Rangers.

As of now, Terry is still the captain of the England international squad, but the issue is quite serious, with both the Football Association and police launching investigations.

If you're feeling like we were just here, that's because we were.

Less than two weeks ago, Liverpool's Luis Suarez was accused of the exact same thing, only by Manchester United's Patrice Evra.

It might be weeks or months before we know exactly what happened. Until then, it will be hard to judge these incidents in their historical context.

Here, though, we present the Terry and Evra cases with eight more major racism incidents from world football's recent past.

John Terry and Anton Ferdinand

Let's be clear right at the beginning: Nothing has been proven or disproven so far in this case.

So here's what we know.

After Chelsea's game against Queens Park Rangers on Sunday, a video started circulating around the Internet. The video appeared to show Terry, who is white, making a racial slur towards QPR's Anton Ferdinand, who is black.

QPR thought it over for a couple days and decided to take the issue to the Football Association.

Terry has denied the claims, saying he's "saddened" by them.

That didn't stop wild speculation spreading around the internet about what happened. The incident has even crossed over into the mainstream, with major non-sports news outlets picking up the story.

According to The Daily Mirror, Terry has admitted to using the bad language but said he was actually denying using the words while responding to the accusation from Ferdinand.

For now, it's hard to know what to think. This story will continue to play out in front of our eyes.

Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra

Liverpool's Luis Suarez and Manchester United's Patrice Evra were entangled in several arguments during the match between their clubs less than two weeks ago.

After the match, Evra came forward with an accusation of racism, which Suarez denied.

According to the Guardian, the word in question was the N-word. The FA has started its investigation.

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish, meanwhile, says the club will continue to support Suarez.

Oguchi Onyewu and Jelle Van Damme

United States international defender Oguchi Onyewu sued Andlerlecht's Jelle Van Damme in 2009 after an incident between the two players.

Onyewu, who is of African descent, said Van Damme called him a "dirty monkey" during a Belgian league playoff match.

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"He was convinced it was his duty to lodge the complaint," (Onyewu's lawyer Jean-Louis) Dupont said. "It is not a question whether Van Damme is racist. The issue is that these slurs are still used on the pitch, and are being used because they know it hurts."

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Van Damme insisted Onyewu was actually the racist. He claimed Onyewu called him "dirty Flemish" several times.

Ron Atkinson and Marcel Desailly

In April 2004, former Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson resigned from (or was sacked by) ITV after being caught using the N-word to describe former France international defender Marcel Desailly during a live football match

Atkinson thought the microphone was off, but of course it wasn't.

Later, Atkinson was caught making derogatory remarks about Chinese women, too.

Spain, Fall 2004

October and November 2004 were big months for racism in Spanish football.

England visited Madrid to play Spain in an international friendly on November 17. During the game, England's Ashley Cole (pictured) and Shaun Wright-Phillips were subjected to racist chants from the fans.

The Spanish Football Federation was fined and Ashley Cole vowed never to play for a Spanish club.

The previous month, Spain coach Luis Aragones found himself in trouble after trying to motivate Jose Antonio Reyes (a Spanish international) by calling France's Thierry Henry "a black s***."

Reyes and Henry, by the way, were teammates at Arsenal then.

Samuel Eto'o and Zaragoza

In February 2005, Cameroon international Samuel Eto'o was racially abused by home fans during Barcelona's match at Zaragoza. The fans made monkey sounds and threw peanuts onto the pitch when Eto'o had the ball.

A year later, Eto'o threatened to walk off the pitch when the same thing happened, famously saying "no mas."

Adebowale Ogungbure and Hallesche FC

In a March 2006 match between German clubs Sachsen Leipzig and Hallesche FC, Leipzig's Nigerian midfielder Adebowale Ogungbure received racial abuse from Hallesche fans.

He reacted by showing them the Nazi salute.

Ogungbure was arrested because it is illegal to make the Nazi salute in Germany. Court proceedings against him were dropped, though.

Zenit St. Petersburg and Olympique Marseille

In March 2008, three Olympique Marseille players (Ronald Zubar, Taye Taiwo and Mamadou Niang, all of whom are black) were racially abused by Zenit St. Petersburg fans during a UEFA Cup match.

The Zenit fans threw bananas on the pitch and made monkey sounds.

Marseille reported the incident to UEFA, which didn't penalize Zenit on its way to the UEFA Cup title that season.

Zenit's manager, however, later admitted the fans were racists.

Sol Campbell and Tottenham Fans

In September 2008, Portsmouth defender Sol Campbell experienced racial and homophobic abuse at the hands of Tottenham fans.

Campbell, who previously played for Spurs, was subjected to his own image hanging from a tree.

Arrests were made and some fans were banned for three years.

Paolo Di Canio and the Fascist Salute

In 2005, Lazio's Paolo di Canio regularly celebrated goals with a fascist salute.

Lazio has been associated with fascism since the days of Benito Mussolini, who was a fan.

Di Canio defended the salute by saying it was "fascist but not racist."