MAN­CHES­TER – Or­gan­is­ers of the Woman’s Su­per League (WSL) as well as Man­ches­ter City have con­demned the racist and misog­y­nist abuse which Ja­maican for­ward Khadi­ja ‘Bun­ny’ Shaw was sub­ject­ed to dur­ing their WSL match against Ar­se­nal in Eng­land on Sun­day.

Shaw made her 100th ap­pear­ance for Man­ches­ter City as a sub­sti­tute in Sun­day’s 4-3 home loss against Ar­se­nal.

Chelsea de­fend­er Mil­lie Bright was al­so ver­bal­ly abused over the week­end.

In a state­ment is­sued on Wednes­day, the Women’s Pro­fes­sion­al Leagues Lim­it­ed, which or­gan­is­es the WSL and Women’s Cham­pi­onship, said the abuse would not be tol­er­at­ed.

“We are shocked and sad­dened to hear about the in­ci­dents that oc­curred over the week­end.

“Play­ers, coach­es and of­fi­cials should be able to do their job with­out be­ing sub­ject­ed to abuse, ei­ther in per­son or on­line, and there is no place for it with­in women’s foot­ball or wider so­ci­ety,” a state­ment read.

“We are speak­ing to both clubs and of­fer­ing any sup­port they might need.”

Mean­while, Man­ches­ter City con­firmed the con­tent had been shared with the rel­e­vant au­thor­i­ties and that an in­ves­ti­ga­tion will be held.

“Dis­crim­i­na­tion of any kind, ei­ther in sta­di­ums or on­line, will not be tol­er­at­ed and has ab­solute­ly no place in­side or out­side the game,” Man­ches­ter City said in a state­ment.

“Bun­ny has de­cid­ed not to share the mes­sages pub­licly so as not to give the oxy­gen of pub­lic­i­ty to the vile in­di­vid­u­als who sent them.

“An in­ves­ti­ga­tion will fol­low, and the club of­fers our full sup­port to Bun­ny fol­low­ing the dis­gust­ing treat­ment she’s re­ceived,” it fur­ther added.

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