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Payet receives four-match ban for insulting referee

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Olympique de Marseille vs Nimes Olympique - Orange Velodrome, Marseille, France - April 13, 2019 Marseille's Dimitri Payet during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - Olympique de Marseille forward Dimitri Payet has been handed a four-match ban for insulting the referee in a Ligue 1 game, the French League said on Wednesday.

France international Payet was sent off in the closing stages of Marseille’s 1-1 draw against Montpellier last Saturday.

Referee Amaury Delerue noted in his match report that he received three insults from the player after he was booked.

(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Toby Davis)

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