Boris Johnson Tells Racist Football Trolls to ‘Crawl Back Under’ Their Rocks
- Racist abuse is “abhorrent,” Prince William says in tweet
- Johnson joins in condemning the racism: “Shame on you”
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Britain’s Prince William and Prime Minister Boris Johnson led a chorus of condemnation against online racism aimed at some of England’s Black soccer players over the national team’s defeat in Sunday’s European Championship final.
The online abuse erupted after Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka each failed to score in last night’s decisive penalty shoot-out against Italy at Wembley in north London. It meant England lost in what was its biggest competitive game in 55 years.