•Black players in the England
football team have been
subjected to a storm of on-
line racist abuse after their
defeat in the fnal of Euro
2020.

•Marcus Rashford, 23, Ja-
don Sancho, 21, and Bukayo
Saka, 19, were the targets of
the abuse after they missed
their spot-kicks.

•The comments have
prompted a police investiga-
tion and wide condemna-
tion.

•“For some of them to be
abused is unforgivable,”
Southgate told a news confe-
rence. “Some of it has come
from abroad (we have been
told this), but some of it is
from this country.”

•British Prime Minister
Boris Johnson condemned
the abuse while Prince Wil-
liam, who is president of the
Football Association, said
he was “sickened”.