World Cup captains to take stance against hate speech amid soaring social media abuse

Fifa revealed it has deleted almost 400,000 abusive posts during this year’s tournament already

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Football captains competing in Thursday's World Cup fixtures will make a visible stand against discrimination, exchanging special pennants to mark the International Day for Countering Hate Speech.

The initiative comes as Fifa revealed it has blocked hundreds of thousands of abusive posts during the tournament .

The pre-match exchange will take place across all four of the day’s matches: Czech…