Marcus Rashford says England team-mate Raheem Sterling has been huge source of inspiration for his off-field activities that have recently seen his awarded an MBE.
Rashford was honoured last month after successfully lobbying the Government into a U-turn over its free school meals policy during lockdown, ensuring children in need would receive meals across the summer.
Manchester City forward Sterling has emerged as one of football’s most prominent voices in the fight against racism. Sterling was last week credited by the FA’s Paul Elliot for helping provide impetus to last week’s launch of the FA Leadership Diversity Code after describing a lack of black representation at the upper echelons of the game as an injustice in a Newsnight interview in June.
Speaking in the first episode of the FA’s Black, England and Proud series, made in partnership with Refresh Productions and Facebook, Rashford says Sterling’s use of his platform to
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