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Game for all? Online abuse in sport pushing top talent out of the spotlight

Game for all? Online abuse in sport pushing top talent out of the spotlight

Update: 2025-08-19
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Abuse of athletes on social media is pushing sporting talent to reject top jobs out of fear for their mental and physical safety


In this episode of Go Doxx Yourself, host Dr Rebecca Whittington speaks to Sanjay Bhandari, chair of Kick it Out, and former Mirror Sport journalist Jacob Leeks, about the harrowing realities of online harassment in the sporting world.

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Game for all? Online abuse in sport pushing top talent out of the spotlight

Game for all? Online abuse in sport pushing top talent out of the spotlight

Rebecca Whittington