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Burnley players refuse Osmajic handshake amid racism row

Burnley players declined to shake hands with Preston striker Milutin Osmajic before their FA Cup fifth-round tie amid a racism row between the two clubs.

Osmajic was accused of racially abusing Burnley midfielder Hannibal Mejbri when the Lancashire rivals met in the Championship on 15 February.

Montenegro forward Osmajic, who "strongly refuted" the allegations, was named in Preston's starting XI for the tie on Saturday lunchtime, while Hannibal was left out of the Burnley squad entirely.

During the pre-match handshakes at Deepdale, none of the Burnley players offered their hands to Osmajic, who was last in the line of Preston players filing along the Clarets XI.