Brazil rebuff Blatter with anti-racism campaign

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) named this weekend's penultimate round of matches in the Brazilian championship the "Round against Racism".

"The message the body wants to give... is of protest against the intolerance many players suffer on the pitches of various countries and which ought to be vehemently condemned by the whole football universe," the CBF said in a statement.

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