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China’s state broadcaster declined to broadcast matches from La Liga on Sunday, escalating Beijing’s row with the Spanish soccer league over Kylian Mbappé’s offhanded comments about Mao Zedong.
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Announcing the reversal, the Confederation of African Football placed financial considerations at the heart of its reasoning.
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