Marcus Rashford received racist abuse on social media after his penalty miss (Reuters)Portsmouth have launched an investigation into claims that their academy players racially abused England’s players after the Euro 2020 final against Italy. Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho were all subjected to racist abuse on social media after missing their penalties during the shootout. A leaked group chat titled ‘U18s’, which has been circulating on social media, appears to show Portsmouth’s academy players exchanging racist messages following England’s defeat in their penalty shootout against Italy. There is no place for it in our game or society as a whole.’Harry Kane slammed those who sent racist abuse to England’s players (Getty)Speaking after the final, England captain Harry Kane slammed those who had sent racist abuse to his teammates. ‘They deserve support and backing, not the vile racist abuse they’ve had since last night,’ Kane said.

Source: Metro July 14, 2021 09:55 UTC