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FA accept banned Cavani was not racist – The World Game
The English Football Association (FA) panel handed Edinson Cavani a three-match suspension despite acknowledging that the Manchester United striker was not deliberately…
Cavani was last week banned for three games and fined £100,000 (A$175,000) for posting an Instagram message to a friend with what the FA decided to be a racist term after Manchester United’s 3-2 win over Southampton on November 30.
The full findings of the FA regulatory commission were published on Friday (AEDT), explaining why Cavani was handed a minimum suspension under FA Rule E3.1.
“The commission were satisfied that the player wrote his reply in affectionate appreciation of a message from his…
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