PARIS, July 7 — Japanese video games firm Konami said today it was scrapping French striker Antoine Griezmann’s role as a brand ambassador over a racism row involving the Barcelona striker and teammate Ousmane Dembele.
The row broke after Dembele had to apologise earlier this week for making racist comments in a video circulating on social media. Dembele refers to “ugly faces” as the technicians work and appears to mock the Japanese language before asking: “are you advanced in your country or not?”
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