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Twitter, Toure and Tackling Racism

Yaya Toure’s return to Twitter this week was met by some with a torrent of racial abuse. He says if he played rugby or tennis he would not get anywhere near the same level of abuse. So is this a specific football problem and if so is enough being done to stop it? We hear from the Ivory coast star and Troy Townsend, father of Tottenham Hotspur's Andros Townsend and the Education and Development Manager for 'Kick It Out' a charity that has worked for many years to eradicate racism from English football.

(Photo: Yaya Toure (centre) of Ivory Coast celebrates scoring a goal with Didier Drogba (left) and Max Gradel (right) during the 2013 African Cup of Nations Credit: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

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