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Brazil v. Austria tickets sell out fast

An upcoming football fixture between former world champion Brazil and minnows Austria sold out all 48,500 tickets within 28 hours of going on sale.

Brazil v. Austria tickets sell out fast
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As part of the Gillette Brasil Global Tour, Austria will face the formidable South American team a week after they play Turkey in a match in Istanbul scheduled for November 11th.

The match will be held at the Ernst Happel stadium in Vienna on November 18th.

Former midfielder Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri — known popularly as Dunga — is Brazil's new coach, succeeding Luiz Felipe Scolari after the recent world cup, in which Brazil finished in fourth place, losing to the Netherlands.

The team ended the tournament with the worst defensive record among the 32 competing nations, having conceded 14 goals.

Since the 50-year-old Dunga took over coaching the team, Brazil has maintained a perfect record of four straight victories, including defeats of Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina and Japan.

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RACISM

VIDEO: Spain’s La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

Spain's La Liga on Monday said it was reviewing a video of a child making racist insults towards Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior during the 2-2 draw with Valencia at the weekend.

VIDEO: Spain's La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

“We’re in the process of studying and analysing the facts from a legal standpoint to see what we can and should do,” La Liga sources said.

In a video published by a journalist for ESPN Brasil, and picked up by Spanish media, a boy sitting in a woman’s lap can be heard calling Vinicius a “monkey”.

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The Brazilian scored twice for Madrid as his team recovered from two goals down at Mestalla on Saturday.

Vinicius raised his fist in a “Black Power” salute after the first of his two goals at a ground where he was racially abused last season. Valencia subsequently banned three people from the stadium for life.

The 23-year-old has become a symbol of the fight against discrimination in Spanish football after suffering racist abuse on many occasions, and he was jeered repeatedly by home supporters on Saturday.

Jude Bellingham was sent off after the final whistle against Valencia for protesting after the referee blew the final whistle right before the England midfielder headed home what he thought was the winning goal.

READ ALSO: Football star Vinicius highlights racist behaviour from Spanish fans

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