Spurs’ Son the target of ‘abhorrent’ online racial abuse
Social media boycott looms with club condemning attacks and Stuart Broad speaking up for England cricketers
12 April 2021 - 15:03
Bengaluru — Tottenham Hotspur condemned the “abhorrent” racial abuse of South Korean forward Son Heung-min on social media where he was targeted after Sunday’s 3-1 Premier League defeat by Manchester United.
Son went down clutching his face after being caught by Scott McTominay in the build-up to an Edinson Cavani “goal” ruled out after a VAR check. Son gave Spurs the lead shortly after that disallowed goal but United hit back through Fred, Cavani and Mason Greenwood...
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