GENEVA (AP) — FIFA fined six national federations on Wednesday, including defending champion Argentina, for racist abuse by fans at World Cup qualifiers in June.

The six nations charged with “discrimination and racist abuse” were Albania, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, according to the sanctions list published by FIFA from its disciplinary committee.

The Albanian federation had the largest fine of 161,500 Swiss francs ($200,000) imposed for a slew of charges at a June 7 home game against Serbia , that also included disturbing a national anthem and transmitting “a message that is not appropriate for a sports event.”

Albania and Serbia have historic political tensions that in soccer led to the notorious “drone game” in Belgrade in 2014 at a European Champio

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