World Cup 2018: FIFA examines England mantras during Croatia's defeat | Fifa worldcup 2018
During the World Cup semi-final defeat by Croatia, chants of "potential discrimination" nature by England fans are being investigated by FIFA.
It is related to chanting "no surrender" by supporters and other potentially discriminatory songs.
After attempting to reach the World Cup final before 1966, England were defeated in Moscow 2-1 after extra time on Wednesday.
FIFA said, "Action has been opened against the Football Association."
FIFA said, "We can confirm that a report has been filed regarding English Mantras of potentially discriminatory nature."
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England will end their tournament on Saturday with the third / fourth place play-off against Belgium in St. Petersburg.
The FA was fined 70,000 Swiss francs (£ 50,000) on Wednesday, when Daily Eli, Eric Dyer and Rahim Sterling wore "unauthorized" socks after refusing FIFA warnings.
Players were wearing branded ankle support socks on official Nike socks, "Media and marketing rules and violations of FIFA device regulations".
Doping test negative
The Governing Body of World Football announced on Thursday that all the doping tests done before and during the World Cup have given negative results.FIFA said that 2,037 total tests have been conducted since January 2018. On average, each player of four remaining teams has been tested four times since January, some of which have been tested eight times.
