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Kenny Archer: Racism in sport needs to be cut out and EMSONI needs much more support

Mohamed Chendali, EMSONI secretary, and Adekanmi Abayomi, founder and chair of EMSONI flank Belfast Lord Mayor Kate Nicholl at the launchn of the Ethnic Minority Sports Leadership Summit report at the City Hall.
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Kenny Archer
THE very title of the short film ‘Where You Really From?’, about the issue of racism within youth soccer in Northern Ireland, is a kick to the guts, a blow to the heart of those at whom it[...]

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