Is the 'beautiful game' turning ugly?
Hate has reared its head in the beautiful game more than 100 times in the past year, new figures for the capital show.The Met dealt with 83 public order offences, including 60 that were racially or religiously motivated.
The 101 hate crimes last year is approaching the level of reports for the three-year period between January 2015 and January 2018, when there were 116 in total.Labour's London Assembly spokesperson for policing and crime, Unmesh Desai, obtained the figures from mayor Sadiq Khan. Mr Desai added that he would urge all fans to "call out hate wherever they come across it", but that authorities "must step in and make sure those responsible are held accountable".
While there has been an increase in the number of racism arrests made at football grounds over the past six seasons, campaigners have called for more to be done to tackle online racism directed at footballers on social media.
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