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BURNLEY, England — A player for English second-division team Burnley says he received "disgusting" racial abuse from an opponent during a league game. Tunisia international Hannibal Mejbri was involved in a heated exchange with Preston's Milutin Osmajic, a Montenegro native, on Saturday. Mejbri reacted with visible dismay before reporting the incident to referee Andrew Kitchen. After the game ended 0-0, Mejbri wrote on X that "nobody should have to experience this disgusting abuse on the pitch." Preston issued a statement saying Osmajic "strongly refuted the claims of a comment made towards Hannibal Mejbri in a post-match meeting with today's match officials."
