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Portugal leaders rally around Porto player over racist slurs

by Associated Press
| February 17, 2020 3:05 AM

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The president and the prime minister of Portugal added their voices to a national outcry Monday over racist abuse aimed at a black FC Porto soccer player who walked off the field after hearing monkey chants.

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