Summary Balotelli also fined him 25,000 pounds over a racially offensive posting online.
LONDON: (AP) - The English Football Association has banned Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli for one match and fined him 25,000 pounds ($39,000) over a racially offensive posting online.
The FA says Balotelli has also been ordered to attend an education program for the "aggravated breach" of its rules.
Balotelli uploaded on Instagram a picture of the video-game character Super Mario, with whom the Italy international shares a nickname, with text around the image including "jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a Jew."
The striker, who has been subjected to racial abuse on numerous occasions, posted the image of the computerized character on Monday with the heading "Don t be a racist."
