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Griezmann forced to apologize for 'blacked-up' photo

Atletico Madrid and France forward Antoine Griezmann [PHOTO: COURTESY]

Atletico Madrid and France forward Antoine Griezmann was forced to remove a photograph from Twitter showing him blacked up and mimicking a Harlem Globetrotter basketball player after the post caused controversy on Sunday.

Griezmann was wearing a basketball jersey and a wig with his face, legs and arms blacked up alongside the caption "80's party" in the photograph on his personal Twitter page.

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