Anti-discrimination body slams race row outcome

A French anti-discrimination organisation yesterday launched a complaint over the handling of the dual-nationality quota row by the French Football Federation (FFF) and the French sports ministry. The Representative Council of Black Associations (CRAN)...

A French anti-discrimination organisation yesterday launched a complaint over the handling of the dual-nationality quota row by the French Football Federation (FFF) and the French sports ministry.

The Representative Council of Black Associations (CRAN) claimed that the clearing of France coach Laurent Blanc demonstrated that the two bodies wanted “to bury the case”.

CRAN are asking for a judicial inquiry to be launched.

Blanc was on Tuesday cleared of racial discrimination follow-ing a two-pronged inquiry by the FFF and the sports ministry.

The investigation was launched after the Mediapart website released a transcript of a meeting last November in which Blanc and French officials discussed introducing quotas on the number of dual-nationality players at youth training centres.

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