Former French football player Lilian Thuram controls the ball at a football field during his visit to Alemao shantytown complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 15, 2014. Llilian Thuram, winner of FIFA World Cup in 1998, and president of the Lilian Thuram Foundation aiming at education against racism, is in Rio on a week-long campaign of the Rio Art Museum (MAR). AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lilian Thuram says players need to walk off the pitch when subjected to racial abuse
France legend Lilian Thuram says the only way football authorities will be forced to take racism seriously is if players walk off the field when suffering abuse. Thuram said to CNN that the monkey chants and abuse he was once subjected to as a player have not been dealt with in any meaningful way and that's why they are still present in the game.
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Former French football player Lilian Thuram controls the ball at a football field during his visit to Alemao shantytown complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 15, 2014. Llilian Thuram, winner of FIFA World Cup in 1998, and president of the Lilian Thuram Foundation aiming at education against racism, is in Rio on a week-long campaign of the Rio Art Museum (MAR). AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lilian Thuram says players need to walk off the pitch when subjected to racial abuse
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