FILE PHOTO: Football Soccer - Toulouse vs Paris Saint Germain - French Ligue 1 - Municipal Stadium, Toulouse, France - 16/1/16. Municipal Stadium's staff hold Paris St Germain's flag just before the French Ligue 1 soccer match. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
PARIS (Reuters) - French football champions Paris St Germain have been fined €100,000 (£87,704) after the club's scouts had for years listed the ethnic origins of young recruits, the French League (LFP) said on Thursday.
The league's disciplinary commission made the ruling after hearing from former officials involved in the recruitment between 2013-18 and PSG general manager Jean-Claude Blanc, who was not sanctioned, the LFP statement said.
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