A man has been arrested after racist messages aimed at England players were posted on social media following the side's European Championship final loss against Italy, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said. "We are firm in our commitment, any racist abuse whether online or off is not acceptable. READ | EURO 2020 final: UK to ban online racists from football matches"We now have one man in custody and our investigation continues." England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were targeted with racist abuse online after missing penalties in Sunday's shootout defeat at Wembley. The arrest by GMP came after West Mercia Police investigating a racist tweet aimed at Rashford arrested and released a 50-year-old man.

Source: The Hindu July 14, 2021 15:45 UTC