Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been banned for one match and fined 25,000 pounds ($39,000) after admitting sending an offensive message on social media, the Football Association has confirmed. Balotelli had shared an image on Instagram featuring the Nintendo character Mario that included the words "jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a Jew." The Italy international later deleted the post, describing it as an "unlucky moment," and added in follow-up posts on Twitter that his own adopted mother is Jewish. Read more http://www.espnfc.us/liverpool/stor...and-fined-25k-for-offensive-social-media-post
