English Football Protégé Suspended for Racism

Austrian first division club Wiener Neustadt announced Thursday they have suspended a gifted young footballer from their team for racism.

English-born Nikon 'El Maestro', whose parents are from Serbia, was suspended for using video-sharing site YouTube to post racist songs and texts written by the 18-year-old himself.

Hailed as a protégé, the player began his career with Austria Vienna's youth side before joining the youth teams at Spain's Valencia and Schalke 04 in Germany.

He returned to Austria last year and joined Wiener Neustadt, who are eighth in the ten-team league, but has failed to live up to expectations and has yet to play a match.