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Britain's footballers receive abusive messages every 2.6 seconds

Xinhua, April 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

Footballers in Britain receive abusive posts on social media at the rate of every 2.6 seconds, the government' s Culture, Media and Sport Committee said Tuesday.

The committee, made up of Members of Parliament (MPs) announced the launch of a parliamentary inquiry into Homophobia in Sport. It will cover a range of sports and the different experiences of men and women.

A previous culture committee had already concluded that homophobia emerged as a bigger problem than other forms of discrimination in sport.

The new inquiry will examine the issue of homophobia specifically, and take into account a broader range of sports beyond football.

A statement from the committee says: "It is notable that there are currently no openly gay footballers in Scotland and England' s professional divisions and homophobic abuse remains commonplace at matches and online.

"It is also the case that abusive posts are sent to football players on social media once every 2.6 minutes." Endit