Marcus Rashford - report

English footballer (born 1997)

Marcus Rashford is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team.

2022 2023 2024

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Significant news events for Marcus Rashford

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Hundreds of hand-written messages of support and respect have been left on a mural of footballer Marcus Rashford. The heartfelt notes covered graffiti that was scrawled on the artwork in Withington, Manchester. It comes after the star, 23, was racially abused by online trolls after missing a penalty in England's Euro 2020 defeat to Italy on Sunday night. Greater Manchester Police called the defacing of the mural a 'racially aggravated' act of vandalism.
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England lost on penalties to Italy in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday night. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all missed penalties. The trio were later subjected to racist abuse on social media. Greater Manchester Police launched an investigation.
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England lost 3-2 on penalties to Italy in Euro 2020 final at Wembley. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all missed from the spot. Luke Shaw opened the scoring for England after less than two minutes. Leonardo Bonucci equalised midway through the second half.
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England beat Romania 1-0 in their final Euro 2020 warm-up game. Marcus Rashford scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot. Gareth Southgate's side now have two wins from two warm-ups ahead of Euro 2020.
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Manchester United lost 11-10 on penalties to Villarreal in the Europa League final. The Red Devils drew 1-1 with the La Liga side across 120 minutes. Manchester United later tweeted to say their players had been subjected to ‘disgraceful racist abuse’
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Reece James, Anthony Martial, Axel Tuanzebe and Romaine Sawyers have all suffered disgusting racial abuse on the internet in recent days. The FA will this week hold internal talks about the problem after issuing a statement condemning the spate of online abuse. Primark to open 11 stores for 24 hours on December 2 as it extends opening hours before Christmas.