Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling was the target of racist abuse on Instagram just two days after English football clubs and players held a boycott of social media.
The Athletic provided a statement from Facebook, which owns Instagram and removed the racist comment Tuesday:
"The racist abuse sent to Raheem Sterling is unacceptable and we do not want it on Instagram. We have removed the comment and taken action against the account that posted it. As part of our ongoing work in this space, we'll soon be rolling out new tools to help prevent people seeing abusive messages from strangers.