Football: British man sentenced over racist abuse of England soccer players

Football: British man sentenced over racist abuse of England soccer players

The Straits Times - Sports·2021-09-09 06:06

LONDON (REUTERS) - A British man has been sentenced to pay compensation and observe a curfew at weekends after pleading guilty to posting racist abuse about England players on the night of the Euro finals in July.

England's Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, who are Black, were bombarded with online abuse after they missed spot-kicks in a penalty shootout with Italywhich settled the July 11 final after the game at Wembley finished as a draw.

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