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Responding to taunts that drove AC Milan’s goalkeeper off the field on Saturday, the president of FIFA called Sunday for automatic forfeits to be assessed to teams whose fans yell racial chants at players. Gianni Infantino described the abuse directed at Mike Maignan as “totally abhorrent,” CBS Sports reports, in calling for a policy change by world soccer’s governing body. “We have to implement an automatic forfeit for the team whose fans have committed racism and caused the match to be abandoned,” Infantino posted on X, “as well as worldwide stadium bans and criminal charges for racists.” Ma…

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