Sign Up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeA dad-of-two has denied tweeting racist comments calling for England ace Marcus Rashford to "burn his MBE" - claiming his Twitter account was hacked. Nick Scott, 50, denied tweeting: "@MarcusRashford that MBE needs burning ya fake. Today Mr Scott, of Malvern, Worcs., denied sending the tweet, claiming his account had been hacked. Gareth Southgate described the racist online abuse directed at some of England's players after the Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy as "unforgivable". Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho were all targeted by abusive posts in the wake of their missed penalties in the shoot-out.

Source: Daily Mirror July 12, 2021 15:00 UTC