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The backlash highlighted the risks for athletes and brands in the lucrative Chinese market, where satire about Mao Zedong, modern China's founding leader.

The China Football Association said on Tuesday that it has “lodged a stern protest” with Real Madrid and demanded that both the player and the football club “issue a public and formal apology”.

French soccer star Kylian Mbappe has apologized after apparently referring to Mao Zedong as a dictator. Chinese sponsors have dropped him, while state television has suspended Spanish league broadcasts.

După rezilierea contractelor şi condamnarea din partea Beijingului, Kylian Mbappé este acum ţinta televiziunii publice chineze. Potrivit EFE, CCTV suspendă difuzarea meciurilor din La Liga şi a celor în care joacă atacantul de la Real Madrid, acuzat că a făcut glume pe seama lui Mao Zedong. Jucătorul a prezentat scuze într-un comunicat al madrilenilor, dar s

'My comment was ill-judged and I now understand that it hurt many people,' Mbappe says after Chinese brands dropped him.

He’s one of the world’s most popular athletes, but Kylian Mbappé is suddenly paying the penalty for being on the wrong side of China’s fervent nationalism.

Kylian Mbappé's face appears in ads across China but now companies are cutting ties with him after he made comments apparently referring to Mao Zedong.

French football star loses deals with drinks-maker and dairy company.

Mbappe appears to say that the funniest internet meme he'd seen was of his face imposed on that of 'a Chinese dictator'.

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Not three months after his disqualification at the Commonwealth Games, Aziz Abdul has been hit with the same penalty at the African Boxing Championships.

Președintele SUA, Donald Trump, a promis în repetate rânduri că va pune capăt războiului ruso-ucrainean în 24 de ore, însă negocierile de pace nu au înregistrat până acum progrese semnificative. În același timp, Trump revine frecvent la primele zile ale invaziei rusești la scară largă, relatând de fiecare dată cu mici modificări povestea tancurilor rusești c

Javier Milei heeft tijdens een bezoek aan Madrid zwaar uitgehaald naar premier Pedro Sánchez van Spanje. De president van Argentinië noemde hem een "smerige dictator" en riep de Spanjaarden op de socialisten tijdens de verkiezingen eind november "buiten te schoppen". De Spaanse regering spreekt van "buitenlandse inmenging" en "laster". Al spelen Sánchez en z

Ministerul spaniol de Externe a denunţat, miercuri, o tentativă de „ingerinţă străină” după ce preşedintele argentinian Javier Milei, aflat în vizită la Madrid, l-a criticat pe premierul spaniol Pedro Sanchez, acuzându-l că este „dictator”, cu doar câteva săptămâni înainte de alegerile legislative din Spania, relatează AFP, potrivit Agerpres.

Preşedintele argentinian Javier Milei l-a criticat marţi pe premierul socialist spaniol Pedro Sanchez, acuzându-l că este un „dictator”.

Emisarul special al SUA, Steve Witkoff, a ajuns în dimineața zilei de 21 octombrie la Sankt Petersburg, unde urmează să pregătească o nouă rundă de negocieri de pace cu omologul său rus, Kirill Dmitriev, potrivit KyivIndependent.com.