South Korea player banned over banner

December 3, 2012
By ESPN staff
South Korea player Jongwoo Park has been banned for two international matches by FIFA after he displayed a political banner during the Olympics.

World football's governing body has also given the Korean FA a warning following the incident.

Park celebrated at the end of his side's bronze medal win over Japan by waving a banner supporting the sovereignty of a group of islands over which the two countries are in dispute.

FIFA imposed the ban for "unsporting behaviour" ...

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