The Asian Football Confederation has apologised for racist remarks it made about the United Arab Emirates national team, referring to them as "sand monkeys".
The AFC said it apologises for an editorial mistake in which the UAE National Team was inadvertently referred to by an inaccurate nickname on the AFC's official website.
It said the comment was due to an "error, which was mainly because of referral to a popular web-based encyclopaedia" and that it "was corrected immediately after it was noticed".
The apology came just a day after the UAE football federation publicly accused the AFC of racism and demanded an apology.
The UAE football team is usually referred to as "Al-Abyad", or the whites, after the colour of their strip.
