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Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says that racism in football "has to stop" after Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior was abused by Valencia fans. The 22-year-old forward suffered racist taunts at Mestalla on 21 May in La Liga, with three fans arrested by Spanish police on Tuesday.
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"We thought it was necessary to demonstrate in the streets expressing the black movement against what Vinicius Jr experienced," says member of the united black movement Simone Nascimento as people protest in front of the Spanish consulate against the latest racist abuse of Brazilian footballer Vinicius Jr during a Spanish championship match.
IN The PAPERS - Tuesday, May 23: A diplomatic crisis and outrage. We look at reactions in the Spanish and Brazilian papers after Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jnr condemns racial taunts against him during a recent match. Also: Nigeria inaugurates the continent's largest oil refinery but at what environmental cost? And: a woman who flushed her engagement ring down the toilet is reunited with her jewellery - thirteen years later!