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French Federation Condemns Racist Abuse of Players after World Cup Final Loss

(From L) France's forward Olivier Giroud, France's forward Antoine Griezmann, France's midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, France's defender Dayot Upamecano, France's forward Ousmane Dembele and France's forward Kylian Mbappe greet supporters at the Hotel de Crillon, a day after the Qatar 2022 World Cup final match against Argentina, at the Place de la Concorde in central Paris on December 19, 2022. (AFP)
(From L) France's forward Olivier Giroud, France's forward Antoine Griezmann, France's midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, France's defender Dayot Upamecano, France's forward Ousmane Dembele and France's forward Kylian Mbappe greet supporters at the Hotel de Crillon, a day after the Qatar 2022 World Cup final match against Argentina, at the Place de la Concorde in central Paris on December 19, 2022. (AFP)
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French Federation Condemns Racist Abuse of Players after World Cup Final Loss

(From L) France's forward Olivier Giroud, France's forward Antoine Griezmann, France's midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, France's defender Dayot Upamecano, France's forward Ousmane Dembele and France's forward Kylian Mbappe greet supporters at the Hotel de Crillon, a day after the Qatar 2022 World Cup final match against Argentina, at the Place de la Concorde in central Paris on December 19, 2022. (AFP)
(From L) France's forward Olivier Giroud, France's forward Antoine Griezmann, France's midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, France's defender Dayot Upamecano, France's forward Ousmane Dembele and France's forward Kylian Mbappe greet supporters at the Hotel de Crillon, a day after the Qatar 2022 World Cup final match against Argentina, at the Place de la Concorde in central Paris on December 19, 2022. (AFP)

The French Football Federation (FFF) has condemned the online racist abuse directed towards its players and pledged to take action after they were targeted as the team lost to Argentina on penalties in Sunday's World Cup final in Qatar.

The BBC reported on Monday that France forward Kingsley Coman and midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni were subjected to online racist abuse after missing their penalties in the final.

Argentina keeper Emiliano Martinez saved Coman's effort from the spot, while Tchouameni shot wide as France failed to retain the title they won in 2018.

"Following the World Cup final, several players of the French national team were subjected to unacceptable racist and hateful comments on social networks," the FFF said on Twitter.

"The FFF condemns them and will file a complaint against their authors."

Earlier, Coman's club Bayern Munich also posted a message of support for the 26-year-old, condemning the racist comments made towards him.

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Bagnaia Wins Japanese Grand Prix Sprint after Leader Acosta Crashes

Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia of Italy (R) leads his teammate Enea Bastianini of Italy (L) during Tissot Sprint of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi prefecture on October 5, 2024. (AFP)
Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia of Italy (R) leads his teammate Enea Bastianini of Italy (L) during Tissot Sprint of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi prefecture on October 5, 2024. (AFP)
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Bagnaia Wins Japanese Grand Prix Sprint after Leader Acosta Crashes

Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia of Italy (R) leads his teammate Enea Bastianini of Italy (L) during Tissot Sprint of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi prefecture on October 5, 2024. (AFP)
Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia of Italy (R) leads his teammate Enea Bastianini of Italy (L) during Tissot Sprint of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi prefecture on October 5, 2024. (AFP)

Reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia won MotoGP's Japanese Grand Prix sprint on Saturday after leader Pedro Acosta crashed out with four laps to go, reducing his gap with championship leader Jorge Martin, who finished fourth, to 15 points.

Rookie Acosta, who took pole earlier in the day, had overtaken Bagnaia on the third lap to take the lead, but lost control near turn seven, losing the opportunity to win his first MotoGP sprint.

Ducati's Bagnaia, who moved to 357 points ahead of Sunday's race, fought off second-placed Enea Bastianini by 0.181 seconds amid occasional rains in Motegi to win his 16th sprint of the season.

"We had to sacrifice a bit of performance during the race to understand the conditions better... I'm very happy because with this condition it's not very easy to win," Bagnaia said in his post-sprint interview.

Pramac Racing's Martin, who started from the 11th position on the grid after crashing during the qualifying session, started well to take the fifth position in the first lap, facing pressure from Marc Marquez, who eventually overtook him.

Marquez momentarily took second place from Bastianini but the Ducati rider recovered to leave him third.

LCR Honda's Takaaki Nakagami crashed out of his home grand prix sprint after a collision with teammate Johann Zarco, while Red Bull KTM's Brad Binder, sixth in the championship, quit due to an issue with his bike.

"We´re investigating what happened to cause Brad Binder's sprint to come to a premature end," the team wrote on X. "For now, all we can do is apologize to Brad."