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NYON, Switzerland -- UEFA banned a Belgium player for 10 matches on Tuesday for making the "quenelle" gesture at a futsal European Championship match. Nike Air Max 2015 Heren . Omar Rahou made the discriminatory gesture several times while celebrating scoring a goal against Romania at Antwerp in January, UEFA said. The sanction was double the five-match ban Nicolas Anelka received from an English Football Association independent tribunal last week for the same act. The FA is considering appealing to seek a tougher sanction against Anelka, who performed the quenelle after scoring for West Bromwich Albion in a Premier League match in December. The quenelle has been described as an "inverted Nazi salute." It involves pointing one straightened arm downward while touching the shoulder with the opposite hand. UEFA said the 21-year-old Rahou can appeal the sanction. UEFA requires a minimum 10-match sanction for racist abuse at matches it organizes after toughening its disciplinary rules last May. The following week, FIFA updated its sanctioning powers and called for minimum five-match suspensions. In the Rahou case, UEFA said one of its disciplinary inspectors "concluded that the gesture has discriminatory connotations." It was popularized by French comedian Dieudonne MBala MBala, who has been convicted multiple times for inciting racial hatred or anti-Semitism. Anelka said his gesture showed support for "anti-system" views and was not discriminatory. Nike Air Max 90 Dames . The assistants greeted Aldridge with compliments and high fives. Stotts had only one word for his high-scoring forward: "Thanks." Aldridge had 25 points and 16 rebounds in his return after missing seven games with a lower back contusion, and the Trail Blazers beat the Atlanta Hawks 100-85 on Thursday night to end a three-game losing streak. Nike Air Max 1 . It offers no assurances and doesnt apply any context, like, for example, taking injuries into account. Last year, this method forecasted the first round at a 7-1 clip; this year it was 5-3, with losses on Columbus, Colorado and San Jose.Canadian free agent pitcher Rich Harden wont pitch at all in 2012 after undergoing shoulder surgery. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the 30-year-old from Victoria, B.C., had surgery to repair a torn right shoulder capsule. Harden has reportedly had the injury since trying to field a comebacker on April 15, 2007 and changed his mechanics over the last four years in order to still pitch. "Theres no reason, if I work hard, I cant get back to where I was before," Harden stated. Harden said the plans on resuming his career in 2013, and hopes tthat the injuries that plagued him in the past will be over as a result of the surgery. Nike Air Max Dames. "If you look at those injuries, thats definitely where they came from," Harden said. "Yes, Ive been injured a lot, but nobody really knew what Id been dealing with for five years. Every day, just to play catch, I had to re-train my body to throw. I was pushing the ball. Id start the game throwing 86-87 mph and that was max effort." Harden also told the Chronicle that when he tries to return, it would likely be as a relief pitcher. cheap nfl jerseys cheap jerseys ' ' '