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Man United's Cavani suspended by FA for three games, fined Sh15m over use of racial term

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Football - Premier League - Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - December 29, 2020. Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Manchester United's Nemanja Matic and Edinson Cavani celebrate after the match. [REUTERS/Laurence Griffiths]

Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani has been suspended for three games and fined 100,000 pounds (Sh15 million) after he admitted a Football Association (FA) charge for using a racial term, the soccer governing body said on Thursday.

The 33-year-old Uruguayan used the word "negrito" in an Instagram post last month after beating Southampton on Nov. 29, before taking it down and apologising.

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