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PSG Fined €100,000 by LFP After Investigation into Racial Profiling of Players

France's Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) has fined Paris Saint-Germain €100,000 for racially profiling potential young recruits.

Per Goal's Jamie Smith, a statement from the LFP on Tuesday confirmed the sanction against PSG after its disciplinary commission investigated the club's recruitment process for youth-team players between 2013 and 2018.

In November, a report from French investigative website Mediapart alleged—based on documents acquired from Football Leaks—that PSG's scouts were required to make note of whether players were of French, North African, West Indian or Black African descent.

In France, collating information that documents a person's racial or ethnic origins is illegal, per Reuters (h/t ESPN.