- Title: Man City's Bernardo Silva handed one-game ban over Mendy tweet
- Date: 13th November 2019
- Summary: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (FILE - SEPTEMBER 30, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BERNARDO SILVA AT TRAINING (TWO SHOTS)
- Embargoed: 27th November 2019 15:37
- Keywords: Bernardo Silva Benjamin Mendy Manchester City one-game ban tweet
- Location: MANCHESTER & LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, UK / MILAN, ITALY
- City: MANCHESTER & LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, UK / MILAN, ITALY
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001B5DFG3J
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- Story Text:Manchester City's Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva has been suspended for one match and fined 50,000 pounds ($63,980) over a Twitter post concerning French team mate Benjamin Mendy, the Football Association (FA) said on Wednesday (November 13).
Silva was criticised by anti-racism body Kick It Out after posting a message on Sept. 22 comparing Mendy to a chocolate-covered peanut character used in the logo for Conguitos, a confectionary brand popular in Spain and Portugal, before deleting it.
"Silva has been suspended for one first team competitive fixture, fined 50,000 pounds and must complete face-to-face education after admitting a breach of FA Rule E3," the FA said in a statement.
The governing body of English soccer added that his social media activity had breached FA Rule E3(1) as it was "insulting and/or improper and/or brought the game into disrepute".
It also "constituted an "Aggravated Breach"... as it included reference, whether expressed or implied, to race and/or colour and/or ethnic origin", the FA added.
Premier League defending champions Manchester City, who are fourth with 25 points from 12 games and trail leaders Liverpool by nine points, next host third-placed Chelsea on Nov. 23.
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