Sports | Reuters.co.za: Lazio striker Di Canio meets Holocaust survivors in Rome

Lazio's Paolo Di Canio has defended his political views after meeting with Jewish survivors of Nazi death camps on Thursday. The striker was condemned by Jewish groups in Italy after making fascist salutes at the end of Serie A matches against Livorno and Juventus in December. In both cases the Italian Football League's disciplinary committee punished him with a 10,000 euro fine and a one-match suspension. Thursday's meeting at Rome's Campidoglio between representatives of Lazio and AS Roma teams and three survivors of Nazi camps outside Italy was arranged by the mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni. Veltroni had also spoken out against neo-Nazi and anti-Semitic banners held up by Roma fans during a match against Livorno last month.