FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Championship - Middlesbrough v Norwich City - Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, Britain - March 30, 2019 Match official in a t-shirt in support of the Kick It Out campaign Action Images/Ed Sykes
(Reuters) - Reports of discrimination across all levels of professional soccer in England and Wales rose by 42% last season despite it being suspended for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-racism organisation Kick It Out has said.
There were 446 reports of discrimination in the 2019-20 season, up from 313 in the previous campaign, while reports of racial abuse increased by 53%. There were also 117 reports of abuse based on sexual orientation -- a 95% rise.
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