Porto hit with €20,000 fine for racist abuse during City match

Wednesday 04 April 2012 11:38 BST

16 February 2012 Mario Balotelli of Manchester City is pictured during his team's win over Porto in the Europa League. (GETTY IMAGES)

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Uefa yesterday fined Porto €20,000 (£16,700) for the racist abuse of Manchester City's Mario Balotelli and Yaya Touré by their supporters in a Europa League game in Portugal on 16 February.

City gathered mobile phone footage to demonstrate the fans' abuse to Uefa. Porto have three days to appeal.

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