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AC Milan midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng, of Ghana, celebrates at the end of the Champions League round of 16, first leg soccer match against Barcelona, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. AC Milan won 2-0. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

UN joins soccer leaders to rid sport of racism

John Heilprin, Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) — The ugly side of the beautiful game was exposed Thursday as the U.N.'s top human rights official joined football officials and players in calling for an end to the "crime" of racism in sport...
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Mario Balotelli (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images) & Paolo Berlusconi (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images)

Soccer executive uses racist term for Mario Balotelli

Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's brother, vice president of AC Milan, the team owned by the media mogul, has sparked criticism by using a racist term to refer to the team's new star acquisition,Mario Balotelli, an Italian of African descent...
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AC Milan Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng, right, is flanked by his teammate Mathieu Flamini as he gestures towards the crowd in Busto Arsizio, near Milan, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Emilio Andreoli)

Exhibition soccer match suspended after racist chants

Associated Press
BUSTO ARSIZIO, Italy (AP) — A friendly match between AC Milan and lower division club Pro Patria was abandoned Thursday after Milan's players walked off the pitch because of racist chants, the latest incident of racial abuse blighting the sport in Europe...
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