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FA agrees to skip team handshakes before QPR-Chelsea FA Cup tie

When pre-match handshakes become the subject of fervent debate and garner more analysis and predictions than the actual football match that tends to follow them, something has gone wrong. So in an attempt to help sidestep half the day's racial tensions, the FA decided that QPR and Chelsea should just avoid hand shaking situations at all costs.

Read the full article at Dirty Tackle.

Dirty Tackle @ Jan 28, 2012 9:12 AM EDT | Blog Profile

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