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UK to ban on-line racists from video games after Euro 2020 uproar

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has introduced plans to ban anybody responsible of on-line racist abuse from attending soccer matches after three members of England’s nationwide workforce had been focused following its loss within the European Championship last.
Johnson on Wednesday condemned the abuse leveled at three Black gamers after they failed to attain penalties in England’s shootout defeat to Italy on Sunday at Wembley Stadium.
And Johnson instructed the House of Commons it was time to behave. The authorities plans so as to add on-line racism to the listing of offenses for which followers will be barred from matches, he stated.
“What we are doing is taking practical steps to ensure that the football banning regime is changed so that if you are guilty of racist abuse online on football, then you will not be going to the match,’’ Johnson said during his weekly prime minister’s questions session. “No ifs, no buts, no exemptions, no excuses.”
Courts are allowed to subject banning orders if a fan is convicted of a “relevant offence” linked to a match, together with crimes resembling disorderly conduct or possession of weapons.