September 4, 2014 9:07 AM

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Brazilian football club banned over racism incident

Top Brazilian football club Gremio has been banned from the country's main cup competition over a racist incident during a match last Thursday. Gremio were losing to Santos 2-0 at home when a group of Gremio fans began racially abusing the opposition's black goalkeeper Aranha. Live television coverage showed them shouting monkey at the player.Brazil's highest sports tribunal banned the club from playing the second leg of the Brazil Cup tie and also unanimously decided to issue the club with a fine of 50,000 reais. And in sports, Sania Mirza and her Brazilian partner enter the final of US Open Mixed Doubles event.

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