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A doctored FIFA 2010 logo that appeared on a New Zealand Sports Store website that depicts one figure chasing another with a weapon, has been condemned by soccer’s governing body.

“It’s an insult to the South African people and the World Cup as a whole and is in bad taste because it implies South Africa’s not a good, safe place to live and that South Africans are criminals,” said Tai Nicholas, general secretary of Oceania Football, which represents Fifa in the Pacific said in nzherald.co.nz

The image – which had the word “FAIL” above it – was on the Stirling Sports website from Monday night until early yesterday, accessed by clicking on a “soccer gear” icon.

Stirling Sports Dunedin franchisee and website owner Russell Fowler said a staff member uploaded the image without examining it closely. The company’s checking system had been subsequently improved to avoid the same thing happening again.

Mr Fowler said the illustration came up on a search engine hunt for World Cup imagery.

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