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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Tom Garry

Chelsea denounce abuse aimed at Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis after baby news

Chelsea's Sam Kerr (left) poses with Kristie Mewis.
Sam Kerr (left) and Kristie Mewis announced on Monday that they are expecting a baby. Photograph: John Walton/PA

The Chelsea captain, Millie Bright, and manager, Sonia Bompastor, have strongly condemned homophobic abuse aimed at Sam Kerr, after the Chelsea striker and her partner, West Ham’s Kristie Mewis, shared news that they are expecting a baby.

Kerr, the Australia captain, and Mewis, a USA international, shared photos of Mewis’s baby bump but Chelsea soon issued a statement criticising “unacceptable and hateful” messages among the comments, which had to be switched off by Kerr.

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