MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian soccer coach
who said he would not sign ''dark-skinned
players'' received a five-game ban
Wednesday for racial discrimination.
The punishment is the strongest sanction
for racism handed out to a player or coach
by the Russian Football Union.
Igor Gamula told Russian journalists last
month that FC Rostov had ''enough dark-
skinned players'' and ''we've got six of the
things'' when asked in post-match news
conference about rumors the club would
sign a Cameroon defender.
He also made what he called a ''joke'' about
the Ebola virus.
Gamula, who holds Russian and Ukrainian
nationality, apologized three days later after
Rostov's African players threatened to go on
strike.
The city of Rostov will host World Cup
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