PARIS: Colombian international Edwin Cardona was handed a five-match ban by FIFA on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) after being found to have made a “discriminatory” gesture during a friendly against South Korea last month.

Cardona was caught on camera appearing to make a slant-eyes gesture during a minor scuffle between the two sides in the second half of the game at the Suwon World Cup stadium.

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