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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Juventude was punished for the racist behavior of its fans in a Brazilian league match last month.
Brazil's Superior Tribunal of Sports Justice decided Friday that the team must play its next two home games in an empty stadium and fined it $90,000 after fans shouted racist insults against Internacional midfielder Tinga on Oct. 22. According to match referee Alicio Pena Junior, fans made monkey noises every time Tinga touched the ball.
"It was an exaggeration," Juventude president Walter Dal Zotto told the local sports daily Lance. "We will definitely appeal."
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