• ‘Punishment needs to be more severe’ for racist abuse in sport
England’s Maro Itoje has slammed this week’s racist abuse in football as appalling and abysmal and warned that rugby union should not consider itself immune from similar problems. Itoje says he has teammates who have been the target of abuse and believes the time has come for more black sports people to take a public stand.
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Written by Robert Kitson in Oita
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/oct/16/england-maro-itoje-racist-abuse-vigilant under the title “England’s Maro Itoje warns rugby to be vigilant over racism after Sofia”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
