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US soccer player leaves Serbia following racially-motivated attack
6 April 2004
08:30
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Text of report by Serbian news agency Beta
Belgrade, 6 April: US soccer player Jeremiah White has asked to be released from the contract with the Belgrade premier league OFK Beograd soccer club after a group of hooligans had attacked him while he was strolling in the capital of Serbia-Montenegro, today's Sportski Zurnal reports.
The paper reports that while strolling in Belgrade, White was attacked by "a group of rowdy teenagers who objected to the black skin of the OFK Beograd soccer player".
"White was saved by his hard fist and quick legs and he emerged from the situation unscathed. However, he immediately reported the incident to the US embassy, which advised him to return to the United States. White yesterday asked the management of OFK Beograd to release him from his contract," Sportski Zurnal reports.
Source: Beta news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1022 gmt 6 Apr 04
I think I saw him at the Revs practice last Thursday...
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