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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Duncan Bech

Cherif Traore: Member of staff suspended after Italian rugby star gifted banana in Secret Santa

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Benetton have suspended a member of staff as a “precautionary measure” while investigations take place into the racial abuse of Cherif Traore.

Italy prop Traore revealed on social media that he was given a rotten banana in the club’s Secret Santa and that his team-mates reacted to the present by laughing, making him feel “hurt”.

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