Soccer clubs should interact with fans to educate them about racism, former France defender Patrice Evra said, after Black players in the England team were subjected to online racist abuse after their Euro 2020 final loss.
Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were the targets of the abuse after they missed spot-kicks in England's 3-2 shootout loss to Italy after the game ended 1-1 following extra time.The abuse drew wide condemnation from England's captain, manager, royalty, religious leaders and politicians, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging social media companies to do more to tackle online abuse that"emerged from the dark spaces of the internet".
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