The government has promised to ban people who abuse footballers online from stadiums for up to 10 years, in the same way as “violent thugs”. Boris Johnson said Football Banning Orders would be amended to allow this and that tech firms would be fined for failing to stop “vile behaviour”. His comments follow several England players being abused following the Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy. He accused Johnson of “trying to stoke a culture war” by refusing to condemn football fans who booed players for taking the knee. An online petition calling for the FA and the government to ban those who have carried out racist abuse to be banned from football grounds for life has attracted more than one million signatures.

Source: The Star July 15, 2021 21:00 UTC