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Tottenham's Bentancur banned for seven games over racist remarks on Son

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Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur. [AFP]

Rodrigo Bentancur, the Uruguayan midfielder playing for Tottenham Hotspur, has been slapped with a seven-match domestic suspension by the Football Association (FA) following a racial slur directed at his teammate, Son Heung-min.

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