(Reuters) - West Midlands Police have charged a 49-year-old man with racially abusing West Bromwich Albion's Romaine Sawyers on social media in January.
Numerous Premier League players have been subjected to racial abuse online in recent months, and English soccer has been piling pressure on social media companies to do more to tackle the issue.
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