LONDON (AP) -- England's Football Association has vetoed Madrid as a possible venue for a proposed friendly against Spain because of the racist abuse that met the team last time it played in the country's capital. The Spanish federation was fined $77,665 when Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Jermain Defoe and Jermaine Jenas were racially abused at during a friendly at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in November 2004. Spain won that match 1-0 and the teams have not played in Spain since. "The FA were clear from the outset that we would not play the game in Madrid due to racial abuse we faced in...
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