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IRR > European Race Bulletin > Portugal > Extreme-Right politics

Liberian footballer responds to racist insults

By Liz Fekete

1 March 1997

The world football player of the year and the winner of the FIFA fair play award says he broke the nose of a fellow player after suffering racial abuse over two fixtures.

George Weah - the Liberian striker for AC Milan - finally lost his temper with Porto defender Jorge Costa in the player's tunnel. But UEFA, while disciplining Weah, left Costa unpunished.

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