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French prosecutors probe alleged racial discrimination at PSG

The allegations, broken by Mediapart, are that PSG had asked recruiters to record the origin of players in four categories.

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French prosecutors on Monday opened an investigation into alleged racial discrimination at soccer club Paris Saint Germain (PSG) after a news website reported the club's scouts had listed the ethnic origins of young recruits, a judicial source said, reports Channel NewsAsia.

Mediapart, which based its allegations on the so-called "Football Leaks' documents, said PSG had until the spring of 2018 asked recruiters to record the origin of players in four categories: "Francais" (French), "Maghrebin" (North African), "Antillais" (West Indian), and "Afrique noire" (Black African).

Read more of this report from Channel NewsAsia.

Read Mediapart's original report here.