Switzerland defender Michel Morganella has been sent home from the Olympics for posting an allegedly racist remark on Twitter.
A spokesman for the Swiss Olympic team confirmed to Press Association Sport the 23-year-old had been expelled after directing an insulting message toward South Koreans on the social networking site.
The comment came in the wake of Switzerland's 2-1 defeat to South Korea on Sunday.
The spokesman said Morganella had accepted the decision and had apologised to the South Korea team and South Korean people.
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