(Reuters) - Chilean first division club O'Higgins have been ordered to play their next match behind closed doors after fans racially abused an opposing player, the Chilean football association said.
The ruling came three weeks after the match between O'Higgins and San Marcos de Arica in Rancagua, 50 miles south of the capital Santiago. The referee stopped the game for two minutes after O'Higgins fans abused San Marcos's Venezuelan striker Emilio Renteria with racist chants and monkey noises.
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