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Racism storm player Ondrej Kudela handed one match ban by UEFA as he missed Arsenal clash

Slavia Prague's Ondrej Kudela, the player at the centre of a racism storm being investigated by both police and UEFA, will miss Thursday's Europa League clash with Arsenal.

UEFA has handed the Czech defender a one-match 'provisional suspension' as they conclude their investigation into allegations he called Rangers player Glen Kamara a 'f****** monkey' during a fiery match at Ibrox in the round of 16 last month.

However, Slavia had earlier announced that Kudela was set to miss the quarter-final, first leg meeting at the Emirates Stadium through illness and injury anyway.

Glen Kamara was allegedly racially abused by Ondrej Kudela in the Europa League on March 18
UEFA are investigating the incident after Kamara claimed he was called 'a f****** monkey' and are expected to return their findings next week

Both Police Scotland and UEFA are looking into the allegations with Kamara's lawyer saying he expected the former to question Kudela when he returned to the UK for the game this week.