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No action over Ki celebration

January 27, 2011
The Asian Football Confederation confirmed it will take no action over Ki Sung-Yeung's perceived racist celebration following his goal for South Korea against Japan in Tuesday's Asian Cup semi-final. He claimed his intention was in fact to highlight abuse in Scottish football.

• Japan 2-2 South Korea

Ki opened the scoring from the spot at Al Gharafa Stadium and celebrated by appearing to impersonate a monkey in an apparent derogatory reference to Japanese people that outraged ...

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