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(Reuters) – Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani has been suspended for three games and fined 100,000 pounds ($ 136,590) after admitting a charge from the American Football Association (FA) for using a racial term, the governing body of soccer.
The 33-year-old Uruguayan used the word “negrito” in an Instagram post last month after beating Southampton on November 29, before removing it and apologizing.
Cavani will miss United’s league match against Aston Villa, the League Cup semi-final against Manchester City and the FA Cup match against Watford as a result of the suspension.
“A comment posted on the Manchester United forward’s Instagram page was insulting, abusive, inappropriate and disparaged the game against FA Rule E3.1,” the FA said in a statement.
“The posting also constitutes an ‘aggravated violation’, which is defined in Rule FA E3.2, as it included a reference, either express or implied, to color and / or race and / or ethnic origin.”
The FA said Cavani would also have to complete a “face-to-face education” as part of his punishment.
United said Cavani decided not to contest the charge out of respect for the FA and the “fight against racism in football.”
“Despite his sincere belief that he was simply sending a warm thank you in response to a congratulatory message from a close friend, he decided not to contest the charge,” United said in a statement.
“The club trusts that the independent Regulatory Commission will make clear in its written reasons that Edinson Cavani is not a racist, nor was there any racist intent in connection with his position.”
($ 1 = 0.7321 pounds)
(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; edited by Christian Radnedge)
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