Kompany seeks more diversity in governing bodies after Lukaku abuse


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Serie A - Inter Milan v Lecce - San Siro, Milan, Italy - August 26, 2019 Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku scores their third goal REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo

(Reuters) - Soccer's governing bodies lack the diversity needed to understand the feelings of players suffering racial abuse, Anderlecht player-manager Vincent Kompany said on Wednesday.

Former Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku, who joined Inter Milan last month, was subjected to racist abuse in a 2-1 Serie A win at Cagliari on Sunday and urged federations and social media to do more to fight racism.

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