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Chris Samba: 'I'm a strong character'

Updated: April 9, 2012, 9:15 AM ET
Associated Press

LONDON -- Congolese defender Chris Samba says he remains committed to Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala despite his anger at being the target of racism in the country that will host the 2018 World Cup.

A banana was thrown at Samba, who is black, after a match at Lokomotiv Moscow last month, the third such incident against an Anzhi player in the past year.

"I feel extremely passionately about racism in football and will never let the small community of racists break me," Samba said in ...

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