Referee Daniele Minelli shows the yellow card to Pescara's Sulley Muntari, second from right, during a Serie A soccer match between Pescara and Cagliari, at the Cagliari Sant'Elia stadium, Italy, Sunday, April 30, 2017. Pescara midfielder Sulley Muntari walked off the pitch in protest during his side's Serie A match at Cagliari after being booked for complaining to the referee about racist abuse from fans. Muntari told referee Daniele Minelli about the racist chants from home fans in the final minute of Pescara's 1-0 defeat but the official showed the Ghana midfielder a yellow card. (Fabio Murru/ANSA via AP) (The Associated Press)
ROME – The Italian soccer federation has rescinded Sulley Muntari's one-match ban for walking off the field in response to racist abuse during a Serie A game.
The Pescara player received a yellow card at Cagliari for protesting about the abuse and was booked again for leaving the field without following procedures. The Ghanaian's two yellow cards amounted to a red and an automatic one-game ban.
It was lifted on Friday, following global protests, by the Italian football federation's appeal court.
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