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Leroy Fer, the Queens Park Rangers and Dutch international was last weekend, the target of racial attack in the social media, after he posted a selfie picture he took with other black footballers. Some of the players in the photo were, kenneth Vermeer, Quincy Promes, Memphis Depay etc. The Justice Ministry has promised to investigate the matter and the people involved in it. The Dutch Football Associattion (KNVB) has also expressed interest in the matter. The national team (Oranje) captain and Man United player, Robin van Persie, said in the media, that he was sad and shocked that this kind of barberism is still happening in 2014. He said that all the national players are one and that it does not matter what colour a player has. Other Oranje players such as Wesley Snijder has spoken in support of their team-mate Leroy Fer.

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                                      Enzo Zidane

Enzo Zidane, the 19 year old son of the Real Madrid legend and former France international, Zinedine Zidane played in the Real Madrid 'B' team which defeated Conquense 2 - 1 on Sunday in the Spanish Segunda League. The young Enzo was a substitute but when he came in he showed that he was the son of the legendary Zidane. He has some of his Father's skills and talent, (the dribble and roullete spin).
Enzo was named after the Uruguay football legend Enzo Francescoli. Zidane jr has already played for the Spanish national Under - 15 team but has now switched to France. He is a midfielder like his famous father. Zinedine Zidane is the coach of the team. His other sons Luca, Theo and Eliaz attended Real Madrid's academy.

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Ilhan Cavcav (80), the chairman of the Turkish football club, Genclerbirligi has expressed his anger at players who spot beard, by declaring that any player in his club who fail to shave his beard will be fined 25,000 Turkish Lira which is the  equivelent of €9,000. He said the players are professional footballers and not trainee imams. He said that the footballers are failing in their duty to set good examples for the young kids. Mr Cavcav told the Dogan News Agency, ''I am 80 years, and I shave every single day.''
He tried to get the chairman of the Turkish League to impose the ban nationwide on all players but he said that the chairman, Mr demiroren told him that Uefa doesn't allow them to so.

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The Dutch player, Quincy Promes, who plys his football career with Spartak Moscow said that russia is not the best place to live. He said that racism is everywhere there and is most probable more in Russia than other European countries.
Promes also said that there is racism in some areas of Netherlands. His team which is not playing in the European competitions is currently at the 8th position of the Russia league.

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The former English Football Association (EFA), chairman David Bernstein said that Uefa should boycott the next World Cup unless Fifa carry out a meaningful reform. He said that it was time to take a drastic action against the world football governing body. But he recognised that fact that England cannot do it alone, that was why he suggested doing it through Uefa. ''England on its own cannot influence this. If we tried something like that, we'd be laughed at,'' Bernstein told the BBC. He said that Germany, Italy, France and Holland are "all powerful" football nations and you cannot have a serious World Cup without them, that is if Uefa boycott the next World Cup. He advised that Uefa should use their clout to force Fifa to carry out the over due reform.

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