Arsenal match pulled from Chinese broadcast after star player’s criticism


Arsenal star player Mesut Ozil. - Reuters

BEIJING: English Premier League soccer team Arsenal Football Club Plc is already facing repercussions after one of its star players made critical comments about the treatment of the Uighur minority in China.

China’s state-run CCTV will no longer show a live broadcast of its match against Manchester City this weekend, despite the club’s attempt to disassociate itself from the remarks. Instead, it will show a prerecorded game between Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal’s local rival, and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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