MAN CITY’S SILVA HANDED ONE-GAME BAN OVER TWEET

LONDON: Manchester City’s Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva has been suspended for one match and fined $63,980 over a Twitter post concerning French teammate Benjamin Mendy, the Football Association (FA) said. Silva was criticised by anti-racism body Kick It Out after posting a message on Sept 22 comparing Mendy to a chocolate-covered peanut character used in the logo for Conguitos, a confectionary brand popular in Spain and Portugal.

“Silva has been suspended for one first team competitive fixture and must complete face-to-face education after admitting a breach of FA Rule E3,” the FA said in a statement.

The English soccer governing body added that his social media activity had breached FA Rule E3(1) as it was “insulting and/or improper and/or brought the game into disrepute”.