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Marcus Rashford after missing penalty in the England v. Italy Euro 2020 final
Marcus Rashford after missing penalty in the England v. Italy Euro 2020 final
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Euro 2020 is over but football continued to dominate headlines this week as Boris Johnson and Priti Patel became embroiled in a racism row.

England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were targeted with racist abuse online after missing vital penalties in the shoot-out against Italy in Sunday night’s final. The abuse was immediately condemned by a string of high-profile figures including both the prime minister and his home secretary.

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 Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half before taking up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications. She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism.