England v Serbia: UEFA investigates alleged racist abuse towards Three Lions players during Euro 2024 group match | Football news

This article contains comments that may be disturbing to some readers. The alleged abuse towards England players came from a section of the AufSchalke Arena where Serbian fans were located; Sky Sports News has learned that none of the players or coaching staff heard or saw allegations of racist abuse.

UEFA is investigating an allegation of racist abuse aimed at England players during their Euro 2024 match against Serbia. Sky Sports News understands the alleged abuse took the form of monkey gestures.

It's not clear how many times this happened or how many people were involved.

The abuse is believed to have originated in the section of the AufSchalke Arena in Gelsenkirchen where Serbian fans were during Gareth Southgate's side's 1-0 victory on Sunday.

This is one of four accusations against the Serbian Federation. UEFA's ethics and disciplinary inspector will now look into what European football's governing body has described as “alleged discriminatory behaviour”.

Sky Sports News It was said that none of the England players or coaching staff had heard or seen the allegations of racist abuse and therefore had no reason to report it.

The specialist police officer, funded by the FA to investigate and prosecute racist abuse against England players at this tournament, will not be involved in this matter.

They are based in the UK and focus entirely on online hate.