London — Chelsea’s first black captain Paul Elliott, who now works for the Football Association (FA), called for government help on Tuesday to combat racism in football.

The 55-year-old former central defender told the BBC the FA has a zero-tolerance attitude to racism and ministers should adopt the same policy...

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