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Antoine Griezmann sacked as ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ ambassador following video of alleged racism

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Konami has sacked Barcelona striker Antoine Griezmann as a brand ambassador less than a month after signing the footballer to represent the Yu-Gi-Oh!

franchise.As reported in South China Morning Post, the decision came following the emergence of controversial videos of the French footballer and his team mate Ousmane Dembele from a club tour to Japan in 2019.In the video, Griezmann and Dembele, who both played for France in Euro 2020, are shown appearing to mock Asian workers fixing a television in their hotel room.

It has been shared on social media, with some using the #StopAsianHate hashtag.According to the South China Morning Post report when the video first emerged last week, Dembele appears to say to Griezmann: “All these ugly faces,.

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