Former footballer calls on sporting bodies to face up to violenceEvra is a survivor of sexual abuse as a teenager
Patrice Evra has criticised a culture of “toxic masculinity” in men’s football as he called on sporting institutions to confront the endemic violence experienced by athletes at all levels.
The former Manchester United and France captain is a survivor of sexual abuse and was speaking at a gathering of European politicians and sporting bodies on the problem of violence – sexual, physical and psychological – in sport.
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