Former England international and Man Utd captain Rio Ferdinand has released a ground-breaking documentary series examining racism, homophobia and mental health issues in football. The documentary - Tipping Point - features powerful research from Signify’s Threat Matrix team as part of a year-long analysis of online racist targeting of professional footballers..

FIFA’s report exploring the issues around Online Abuse is one of many Signify have produced for world governing bodies and sports organisations. What can sports clubs learn and what action can they take? This article looks at the issues highlighted by these studies and the actions Signify’s work is facilitating across world sport.

FIFPRO, NBPA and WNBPA have teamed up with Signify to publish a unique study covering online abuse targeting stars of world football and basketball. This first-of-its-kind study reveals the disturbing levels of online abuse targeting the stars of global football and basketball. The study covers 160 players across 15 leagues in the world’s two most popular team sports.