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Football Notes: AC Milan's Berlusconi Denies Serie A Club For Sale

Serie A side AC Milan Owner Silvio Berlusconi "has dismissed reports that he could be on the verge of selling the club." Berlusconi: "I don't want to sell AC Milan, I can reassure Milan fans" (GOAL, 3/6). ... Qatar "will likely face higher labor costs as a result of publicity about deaths of migrant construction workers" building the infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup (REUTERS, 3/9). ... Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen "will visit Seoul this summer to play a South Korean opponent." Bayer Leverkusen, which has two South Korean players, said that "it will face FC Seoul of the K League Classic on July 30" (YONHAP, 3/7). ... A "broken security camera could foil" La Liga Villarreal's search to find the person "who threw a gas canister onto the pitch" during a La Liga match against Celta Vigo in February. A "broken security camera in the ground could stop" the search process. The camera is "believed to contain vital information about the suspect, but when Spain's Interior Ministry requested footage," the club realized it had been "broken for the last three weeks" (FOOTBALL ESPANA, 3/8).

RACISM ALLEGATIONS: Sao Paulo-based football club Mogi Mirim has "been sanctioned for its fans' racist chants" toward Marcos Arouca da Silva of Brasileiro side Santos. The Sao Paulo Football Federation (FPF) announced a temporary closure of Mogi Mirim's stadium. Mogi Mirim fans "were recorded calling Arouca a monkey by ESPN." The FPF indicated that "the stadium will remain closed to fans until the FPF's disciplinary committee's investigation is complete" (LA AFICION, 3/8). ... Barely a week after being made the face of an anti-racism campaign, A-League side Sydney FC "have lodged a formal complaint regarding an alleged racist incident" involving Ali Abbas during Saturday night's Sydney derby (SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 3/9).

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