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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;FIFA will investigate claims from Manchester City that Seko&amp;nbsp;Fofana was racially abused during a match in Croatia, Mike Keegan of BBC&amp;nbsp;Sport reports.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;During a U21&amp;nbsp;game on July 22, manager&amp;nbsp;Patrick Vieira took his team off the pitch after&amp;nbsp;Fofana&amp;nbsp;complained of the racial abuse.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This comes after reports that&amp;nbsp;Carlo&amp;nbsp;Tavecchio, the favorite for the next president of&amp;nbsp;the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), made racist remarks about African players.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A FIFA spokesman said they are aware of the alleged incident in Croatia, and FIFA has asked both the&amp;nbsp;Croatian Football Federation and FIGC&amp;nbsp;to investigate the incidents.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From BBC Sport:\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"We are in contact with the relevant member associations to enquire and monitor the situation,\" a FIFA spokesman said. \"We will be in a position to further evaluate the matter, once we gather all the relevant information.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With regards to Tavecchio, a FIFA spokesman added: \"Media reports concerning alleged racist comments by one of the presidential candidates for the Italian FA have alerted FIFA's Task Force against racism and discrimination and its chairman Jeffrey Webb.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"As such, FIFA has written a letter to the Italian FA asking it to take the appropriate steps to investigate and decide on this matter and report to FIFA.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MORE:&amp;nbsp;Liga MX: Two perfect sides remain&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Sarah Barshop&lt;/em&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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