Rangers has reported racist trolls who hijacked star Nnamdi Ofoborh's gaming stream to the police, slamming their remarks as "disgraceful".
As the Record reported yesterday Ofoborh's livestream of FIFA 22 was the subject of racist remarks from two users of the gaming website Twitch.
The trolls called Ofoborh a "monkey" as he shared his gameplay of the hit football simulation with fans - earning immediate condemnation from his wider audience.
The Gers midfielder later shared images of the abuse on his Instagram account.
In a statement issued to the media, a Rangers spokesperson said: "We are aware of these disgraceful comments and have reported them to Police Scotland."
Streaming website Twitch is understood to have taken action against the accounts that sent the 22-year-old abuse on Tuesday.
The online platform claims to have over 30 million active users each day watching and sharing live video of games such as FIFA and Fortnite.
A spokesperson for the website said: "Twitch stands firmly against racism in any form and our community guidelines prohibit the use of hateful slurs on Twitch.
"Twitch offers a range of tools in addition to human moderation to help keep our service safe.
"Using AutoMod, our creators can ban certain words from appearing in chat and filter out unwanted contributions.
"We take action against any account for conduct that we determine to be inappropriate, harmful, or puts our community at risk."
The trolls have also been condemned by anti-racist campaign group Show Racism the Red Card, which says racist abuse on online gaming platforms like Twitch is commonplace.
It said: "The thoughts of everyone at Show Racism the Red Card are with Nnamdi and we are writing to both him and his club to offer our support.
"Over 50 per cent of young people and players we work with in Scotland have seen or experienced racist abuse on gaming platforms in the last year.
"Platforms can, and must, do more to protect all users. Until then, online gaming cannot be considered a safe space for people of colour."
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We have received a report of offensive comments made online and enquiries are at an early stage."
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