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Racism claims hit French football

Racism claims rock the French Football Federation and we get the thoughts of French World Cup winner Lilian Thuram.
Plus, violence in Greek Football brings the game to it's knees.

Alan Green reports on the story that's rocked French Football.

Leading figures including Laurent Blanc, the national team coach, have been accused of trying to implement racial quotas for non-white players in the country's youth academies.

We have reaction from Paris--and we'll speak to France's most capped player--turned anti-racism campaigner, Lilian Thuman.

Plus, chaos in Greek football after a season of crowd violence....We talk to the Head of the Players' Union, Stelios Giannakopoulos, who was part of the Greek side that won Euro 2004.

And we hear about the Italian top flight club that's going through presidents quicker than Real Madrid change managers.

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25 minutes

Last on

Sat 7 May 201101:32GMT

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  • Fri 6 May 201110:05GMT
  • Fri 6 May 201114:32GMT
  • Fri 6 May 201119:32GMT
  • Fri 6 May 201123:32GMT
  • Sat 7 May 201101:32GMT

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