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Bastia face sanctions over racist fans

13:25 GMT, Sat 23 Feb 2008
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PARIS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - French second division club Bastia face sanctions after their fans displayed a racist banner before a match on Friday, the French Professional Football League (LFP) said on Saturday.

The banner was targeted at visiting Libourne-St Seurin's Burkina Faso-born striker Boubacar Kebe, who had previously complained about racial slurs in a Ligue 2 match against Bastia last year.

Friday's match, won 2-1 by Corsican club Bastia, kicked off three minutes late after the referee asked for the banner to be removed.

The LFP's disciplinary committee will meet shortly to study the incident, the second related to racism in French soccer within a few days, the ruling body said in a statement.

Valenciennes captain Abdeslam Ouaddou said he was racially abused in a Ligue 1 match at Metz last weekend. (Writing by Patrick Vignal, editing by Justin Palmer)

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