Southgate’s England players are ‘role models’ as kneeling row simmers | Sports

LONDON, June 8 — Gareth Southgate says his England players are “role models” as a row simmered over the team’s decision to take the knee at Euro 2020 to highlight the issue of racial injustice.

Southgate’s side were booed by a section of the crowd at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium when they made the gesture before friendlies against Austria and Romania last week, though the jeers were drowned out by applause.

Premier League players have been going down on one knee before kick-off since George Floyd, who was black,…