Perez faces match suspension for racist slur

Ajax footballer Kenneth Perez faces a five-match suspension and €12,000 fine for calling assistant referee Nicky Siebert a ‘cancer nigger’, thanks to tough international measures to fight racism in football, the Telegraaf reports. The Dutch football association KNVB is looking into the incident at the Ajax FC Twente game on November 19.

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