64 h. ago Kelly Sotherton slams online trolls who targeted Team GB athletics star Eilish McColgan

McColgan, the 10,000m European record holder was recently the subject of grim online comments about her body after posting a video of her London Marathon training on Instagram

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4 d. ago Loose Women’s black panellists given extra support to deal with racist abuse

Some members of ITV's Loose Women panel are being given extra support after being targeted by vile trolls online who hurl racist abuse at the TV stars

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1 week ago Creator of Netflix hit Adolescence says toxic trolls have targeted HIM online after show came out

Adolescence co-creator Jack Thorne has revealed toxic trolls have come after him since the show became a Netflix hit - including questioning his sexuality, race and 'whether I am a man.'

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2 w. ago Brit left fighting for life and homeless in the Philippines after girlfriend stabbed him and he came down with Mpox reveals NEW anguish after public plea for cash made him a target in the country

A British man who was forced to beg for financial help to get home to the UK after being left fighting for his life in the Philippines jungle has denied he is a scammer after being targeted by online trolls.

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3 w. ago Coe targets Musk and Zuckerberg talks over ‘pond life’ abuse of female athletes

IOC presidency candidate wants discussions if elected‘It is vital that women feel that sport is a safe space’Sebastian Coe will demand urgent talks with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to stop “pond life” abusing female sports stars with impunity if he becomes International Olympic Committee president.Speaking after a week in which Emma Raducanu spoke about not being able “see the ball through tears” after being approached by a stalker, and Eilish McColgan faced a blizzard of hate after posting a video of her running on social media, Lord Coe pledged to create a taskforce to find better ways to protect female athletes. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘There’s a dark side’: 1500m star Georgia Hunter Bell calls for online abuse to stop

Paris bronze medallist avoids social media before racesHunter Bell targeting gold at European IndoorsGeorgia Hunter Bell, Britain’s Olympic 1500m bronze medallist, has revealed she no longer goes online before her races because of the “really dark side of social media”. Eilish McColgan was subject to a wave of body shaming abuse this week with people posting that she “looks like a skeleton” and had anorexia, and Hunter Bell called for more to be done to protect sportswomen.The 31-year-old was one of the feelgood stories of 2024 as she went from her full-time job in cybersecurity to the podium in Paris, smashing the British 1500m record by running 3min 52.61sec along the way. But she said her success has led to her being targeted more. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Liz McColgan calls out 'abusive' trolls who dared to body shame her track star daughter

The mother of Scots Olympian Eilish McColgan has hit out at 'demeaning and abusive' comments aimed at her daughter by vile keyboard warriors.

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3 w. ago Eilish McColgan blasts cruel online trolls after 'abusive' body shaming comments

Eilish, who is the reigning 10,000m Commonwealth champion, hit out at the cruel comments.

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3 w. ago ‘Stop the abuse’: Liz McColgan hits back at online criticism of daughter Eilish

Eilish McColgan is in training for London Marathon debut‘Stop the jealousy and abuse of women athletes’The Olympic silver medallist Liz McColgan has hit out at the “demeaning and abusive comments” received on social media by her daughter, Eilish, the reigning Commonwealth Games 10,000m champion.McColgan, who also won the 1991 world 10,000m title and coaches Eilish, used screenshots in a post on X to highlight comments attacking her daughter’s body shape and questioning whether she has an eating disorder. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Liz McColgan condemns ‘demeaning’ comments about daughter Eilish’s body shape

Eilish McColgan is training for her first London Marathon.

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