http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/05/padua-councillor-marathon-funds
An Italian councillor has sparked outrage by demanding that funding for a local marathon be scrapped because Africans always win it.
Speaking during a session of the Padua provincial assembly, Pietro Giovannoni – a member of the anti-immigration Northern League party – said: "Let's stop using public money to finance the marathon, since the winners are always Africans and foreigners in underpants."