A UK court ruling in the nearly two-year-long legal battle of jeweller Nirav Modi's extradition, who is wanted for fraud and money laundering in the Rs 14,000-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, has said "I am satisfied that there is evidence that Mr Modi could be convicted". Nirav Modi, 49, is appearing via video conferencing from Wandsworth Prison in south-west London at Westminster Magistrates' Court, where District Judge Samuel Goozee delivering his judgment on whether the jeweller has a case to answer before the Indian courts. The magistrates' court ruling will then be sent back to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for a sign-off, with the possibility of appeals in the High Court on either side depending on the outcome.
Racism in football: Footballers still facing racist abuse online
17 Feb 202117 February 2021
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From left to right: Lauren James, Yan Dhanda and Anthony Martial. These players have all suffered racial abuse on social media recently
There have been calls for social media companies to do more to tackle racism on their platforms.
It comes after several footballers were racially abused online in recent weeks.
On Sunday, Manchester United player Anthony Martial was racially abused on Instagram after his side s 1-1 draw at West Brom.
It is the second time in three weeks that Martial has been targeted, while his club-mates Marcus Rashford, Axel Tuanzebe and Lauren James have all suffered abuse recently. Other players targeted include Chelsea players Antonio Rudiger and Reece James - the brother of United s Lauren - Swansea s Yan Dhanda, West Brom s Romaine Sawyers and young Southampton prospect Alex Jankewitz.
Dear Jack and Mark,
As recent weeks have seen the levels of vicious, offensive abuse from users of your services aimed at footballers and match officials rise even further, we write to ask that for reasons of basic human decency you use the power of your global systems to bring this to an end.
The language used is debasing, often threatening and illegal. It causes distress to the recipients and the vast majority of people who abhor racism, sexism and discrimination of any kind. We have had many meetings with your executives over the years but the reality is your platforms remain havens for abuse. Your inaction has created the belief in the minds of the anonymous perpetrators that they are beyond reach. The relentless flow of racist and discriminatory messages feeds on itself: the more it is tolerated by Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, platforms with billions of users, the more it becomes normal, accepted behaviour.
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It comes as a number of football bodies in the UK seek to ensure there are real world consequences for those who send such abuse. The Duke of Cambridge, 38, has spoken out on online abuse in the past, having set up the Cyberbullying Taskforce in 2016.
He also serves as President of the Football Association, in which the Duke is set to call for a working group between social media firms and football leagues to tackle racism, according to reports.
Recently, William took part in a meeting as part of his FA role after players such as Marcus Rashford and former player Anton Ferdinand said they had been targeted online.