Real Madrid apologise to China over Mbappe comments

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Real Madrid apologised to China on Wednesday after star striker Kylian Mbappe apparently joked about Mao Zedong in comments that sparked a social media storm and saw Spanish football yanked off state TV. Mocking former leader Mao -- blamed by historians for millions of deaths -- is taboo in China, and Mbappe's remarks saw him become the latest foreign sports figure to anger Beijing.Mbappe's…

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