Former West Ham and Newcastle star Demba Ba at centre of extraordinary incident during Champions League match

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Former West Ham United and Newcastle United striker Demba Ba was at the centre of an extraordinary incident in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

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Ba shot to prominence after signing for West Ham back in 2011.

West Ham took a chance on the Senegalese forward after a move to Stoke collapsed due to a failed medical.

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Despite issues flagged over a knee issue, West Ham pressed ahead and signed Ba and he almost saved the club from relegation, scoring seven goals in 12 games.

But the Hammers dropped down to the Championship under the hapless Avram Grant and Ba moved on to Newcastle where his strike rate was equally impressive.

He hit 30 goals in 54 games at Newcastle before being signed by Chelsea.

His career has taken him to China and Turkey since.

Ba made his name with Hammers and was a big hit at Newcastle

Now ex West Ham and Newcastle goalscorer Ba has made headlines for different reasons. The former Hammer and Magpie forward stood up for the assistant manager of his club Istanbul Basaksehir in dramatic scenes which saw their Champions League game against PSG abandoned on Tuesday night.

Both teams walked off the pitch following an alleged racist slur by the fourth official towards Pierre Webo, Basaksehir’s assistant coach, when he was sent off in the first half.

Video footage emerged which appeared to show Webo, a former Cameroon international, accusing Romanian fourth official Sebastian Coltescu of using racist language.

Ba trends on Twitter after taking a stand against alleged racism from fourth official amid extraordinary scenes in Champions League clash with PSG

Enter former West Ham and Newcastle star Ba, who was on the bench for the game.

Ba could be seen protesting on the touchline, while PSG players including Neymar and Kylian Mbappe also appeared to be demanding an explanation.

Demba Ba was seen on camera asking the official: “Why, when you mention a black guy, do you have to say this black guy? When you mention a white player you don’t say ‘this white guy’.”

Ba was trending on Twitter last night for his passionate exchange with the official.

UEFA initially said the match would restart with a different fourth official “after consultation with both teams”.

But Basaksehir said their players decided not to return to resume the game after the incident.

The match will now restart today at 5.55pm with a new team of officials. It will kick off from 14th minute, the moment players walked off the field.

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