Manchester United's Edinson Cavani gets three-game ban over Instagram post

Striker misses league game against Aston Villa and two cup tiesUnited say Cavani had no racist intent in using word ‘negrito’The Football Association has suspended Manchester United’s Edinson Cavani for three games and fined the Uruguay striker £100,000 for his use of the word “negrito” in a social media post.Cavani, who must also complete a two hour “face-to-face” online education course, maintained his message lacked racist intent but had pleaded guilty to an FA charge of using insulting and/or improper words. According to United he decided not to contest the case “out of respect for the FA and the fight against racism in football”. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/31/manchester-united-edinson-cavani-gets-three-game-ban-over-instagram-post-fa #manchester_united #the_fa #football #sport #race