More than 50% of footballers suffer online abuse, says study

Updated 1 year ago · Published on 19 Jun 2022 1:10PM · 0 Comments

A teenager has been given a six-week jail sentence for racially abusing England’s Marcus Rashford online after the loss to Italy. – EPA pic, June 19, 2022.

MORE than half of footballers playing at the UEFA European Championship and Africa Cup of Nations suffered online abuse, showed a study published by FIFA yesterday.

Much of it comes from fans of the players’ home countries.

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