Kick It Out wants tougher sanctions as discrimination hits new high

Kick It Out - then called Let's Kick Racism Out of Football - was founded in 1993 [Getty Images]The chief executive of anti-discrimination body Kick It Out says tougher sanctions are needed to punish discrimination in football, as the number of annual incidents hit a record high.Kick It Out recorded 1,255 incidents of discrimination in the 2025-26 season across all levels of English football - up from 960 in the previous campaign.Samuel Okafor said racism was "deeply ingrained" in the game, but