Courting controversy

Top marks to Leeds for launching a new "Kick Racism Out Of Football" campaign

Top marks to Leeds for launching a new "Kick Racism Out Of Football" campaign. "No Grade", though, for choosing to put Jonathan Woodgate's smiling face on their poster advertising the campaign. True, Woodgate is innocent until proven guilty of the charge of assaulting an Asian man in Leeds earlier this year but still, hardly the most sensitive move.

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Mary Hannigan

Mary Hannigan

Mary Hannigan is a sports writer with The Irish Times