commentator: lingard. sterling. jesse lingard. jesse lingard!

commentator: lingard. sterling. jesse lingard. jesse lingard! this is football, the beautiful game. game that, on the surface, speaks the global language of unity, peace, humanity and celebration. football commands the respect and with it our deepest faith and greatest fortunes. and yet, in all of this, throughout history, racism pervades. but why? and what does that feel like? bbc sport caught up with a selection of black, asian and minority ethnic people from across the football landscape to hear their personal stories of racism from within the game. it takes away your innocence, definitely. i would never go to a football match on my own. i would remove my hijab when i got the stadium. it isjust like, a lack of respect for another human. it's a challenge that black people have felt all along throughout the ends of time. i have definitely had experiences where i have had players from different parts of the world that have not always understood the sort of negative connotations of some of the language they use. you know, music and saying certain words in a song, people are not alway

signing edinson cavani haven't travelled to france, while centre—back eric bailly and midfielderjesse lingard bruno fernandes who's been named captain for the first time. of course, being captain of manchester united, this is an important achievement for me full top but i think the captain is everyone. you know, eve ryo ne captain is everyone. you know, everyone needs to help stop and leading the team is every day in the training ground and every training, every game, and i think everyone is doing their ownjob to lead i think everyone is doing their own job to lead the team in the way i think is the best. —— they think. it's been a year of upheaval for barcelona with lionel messi going close to leaving camp nou. that came after they were thrashed by eventual winners bayern munich in the quarter—finals of the last campaign and lost their la liga title to real madrid. a new head coach in ronald koeman has joined the catalans and they start group g with a home tie against hungarian champions ferencvaros. the third grand tour of the curtailed cycling season, the vuelta a espana gets under way lat