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UN joins soccer leaders to rid sport of racism

The ugly side of the beautiful game emerged Thursday as the U.N.'s top human rights official joined soccer officials and players in calling for an end to the "crime" of racism in sport. Ghana's Kevin-Prince Boateng and AC Milan soccer player, left, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights South African Navanethem Pillay, center, and Patrick Vieira, right, former captain of the French national football team and current Football Development Executive at Manchester City Football Club, pose for a photographers prior to a panel discussion on Racism and Sport during the World Humanitarian Day at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, March 21, 2013.

 

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