Artificial Intelligence (AI) software is set to be implemented in Australia to stop top-flight footballers from being abused online.
Online abuse directed at players has become one of football's biggest problems in recent years. A teenager was jailed for six weeks last month for sending a racist tweet to Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford after England lost the Euro 2020 final.
Countless Premier League footballers have highlighted the sickening abuse they receive online and the Australian A-League - both men's and women's - have taken action by announcing the use of AI technology to filter harmful comments before they're seen.