Aston Villa centre-forward Emile Heskey has encouraged his fellow peers to report any incidents of racism in the game.

The 33-year-old also told a Kick It Out event at Villa Park that players are now more confident about highlighting racist acts.

"When a complaint is made, it's investigated and if found to be true then they're dealt with," said the striker. "I don't think there is a case where people have thought 'it's not going to be dealt with so let's just get on with it'.

"Maybe a while ago, but now, no.

"You've got cameras everywhere. People don't stand for it. It's there and people see it but we want to get rid of it - that's why we have the campaigns like Kick It Out and sit down with the children and we educate them."

In the last few days, both Luis Suarez and John Terry have been accused of making racist remarks.

Written by
Liam Apicella