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Euros: FA slams racist abuse of England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka

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The Football Association has condemned the racist online abuse suffered by a number of England players following their Euro final defeat by Italy.

Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were all unable to convert from the spot as England went down 3-2 in a penalty shootout.

The young trio’s social media pages were quickly flooded with racist comments, leading the FA to release a statement condemning the “disgusting behaviour”.

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A spokesperson said: “The FA strongly condemns all forms of discrimination and is appalled by the online racism that has been aimed at some of our England players on social media.

“We could not be clearer that anyone behind such disgusting behaviour is not welcome in following the team. We will do all we can to support the players affected while urging the toughest punishments possible for anyone responsible.

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“We will continue to do everything we can to stamp discrimination out of the game, but we implore government to act quickly and bring in the appropriate legislation so this abuse has real life consequences.

“Social media companies need to step up and take accountability and action to ban abusers from their platforms, gather evidence that can lead to prosecution and support making their platforms free from this type of abhorrent abuse.”

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Camera IconEngland racism Euros Credit: Supplied / Twitter/Twitter

The Metropolitan Police also condemned the “unacceptable” abuse, adding it will be investigating the “offensive and racist” social media posts.

The official Twitter account for the England men’s and women’s national teams offered support to the victimised players.

It said in a statement: “We’re disgusted that some of our squad - who have given everything for the shirt this summer - have been subjected to discriminatory abuse online after tonight’s game.

“We stand with our players.”

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