Racism in football
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Lilian Thuram insists sport’s whistleblowers on racism continue to be sidelined
Exclusive: World Cup winner Lillian Thuram was speaking as 30-year-old cricket ace Azeem Rafiq insisted on Tuesday that his cricket…
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Henderson hailed as “fantastic” example in fight against racism by Thuram
World Cup winner Thuram praised the actions of the Liverpool captain, who has been vocal in recommending ways for white…
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Swedish FA launch racism probe into alleged abuse of Man Utd youngster
Anthony Elanga has reported that he was racially abused by an Italy Under-21 player while with the Sweden U21s during…
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Man Utd issue apology to fan wrongly banned for alleged racist abuse
Lifelong Manchester United supporter Ryan Butler was banned from attending matches after the club incorrectly alleged he had been involved…
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Lukaku urges football and social media bosses to meet over online racist abuse
Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku has called for football’s most influential figures to meet with social media CEOs over the issue…
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Collymore calls for World Cup action if England stars suffer more racist abuse
Stan Collymore is calling for drastic action to be taken by England players if the unacceptable levels of racist abuse…
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Man, 31, charged with racially abusing Rio Ferdinand at Wolves vs Man Utd match
West Midlands Police have charged a 31-year-old man with racially abusing Rio Ferdinand at the Wolves vs Manchester United fixture…
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2000 abusive messages sent to England’s Rashford, Sancho, Sterling and Saka
England stars Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling were sent nearly 2,000 “potentially abusive” tweets. That is…
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Cheers drown out the boos as England players take the knee before Croatia match
England players were met with some boos as they took the knee ahead of their Euro 2020 opener against Croatia…
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TV commentator Clive Tyldesley says anti-racism fight must listen to every voice
When England’s players were being racially abused in Bulgaria and the TV cameras captured a look of bemusement on Raheem…
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