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The England and Manchester City football player has told Newsnight he believes racism is 鈥渢he only disease right now鈥� and says it鈥檚 vital to find a way to stop it.

Thousands of people have taken part in Black Lives Matter marches in the UK, despite government warnings to avoid mass gatherings because of the threat of coronavirus. Protests around the world were sparked following the death in police custody of African-American man George Floyd in May in Minneapolis.

"This is the most important thing at this moment in time because this is something that is happening for years and years," Raheem Sterling told Newsnight's Emily Maitlis.

The England and Manchester City forward also said that progress in the fight against racism will only come in football when more black players become managers.

Sterling said there needs to be greater black, Asian and minority ethnic representation among administrators and coaching staff in British football, and that equal opportunity should be given to former BAME players.

As an example, he compared four former England internationals making their way in management: Chelsea's Frank Lampard and Rangers' Steven Gerrard, both white, and Sol Campbell and Ashley Cole, both black.

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