The Premier League supports Government plans to extend football banning orders to cover online abuse. The English top flight is understood to support the extension of the orders to cover online abuse, and feels they have been under-utilised up to this point. The Premier League’s own online abuse reporting system found that from its recent analysis, 80 per cent of identifiable abuse came from overseas. Premier League club captains are set to meet early next month to discuss whether to continue with the gesture in the new season. “Portsmouth Football Club strongly condemn racism and are totally committed to the elimination of all forms of discrimination.

Source: Express July 14, 2021 15:00 UTC