FIFA President Sepp Blatter downplays racism

AP, Wednesday 16 Nov 2011

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has downplayed racism in football, saying it sometimes happens “in the heat of the moment.”

Sepp Blatter

Blatter says on Twitter that “Racism and discrimination of any kind have no place in football. I have said this many times before, and I will say it again and again.”

Blatter’s comments come on the same day that Liverpool forward Luis Suarez was charged by the English Football Association with racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra, who is black.

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