The Malaysian owners of Cardiff have abandoned plans to scrap the club's traditional blue kit in favour of red shirts following protests by fans.Cardiff - known as the Bluebirds for their iconic blue shirts - saw their hopes of promotion to the Premier League dashed by West Ham on Monday after defeat in the second leg of their play-off semi-final.
Owner Vincent Tan, a Malaysian tycoon of Chinese origin, was considering changing Cardiff's strip to red, believing it to be 'luckier' as well as the colour of the Welsh national side.
There were also plans to replace the bluebird on Cardiff's club crest with a dragon, which appears on the national flag of Wales and which in Chinese culture is considered a symbol of power.
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