Football News : Barack Obama praises Marcus Rashford for using sport as a platform in online chat

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford spoke with former US President Barack Obama about young people and activism on Friday. Rashford met Obama virtually in a Zoom conversation organised by the publishers Penguin House . Last year, Rashford campaigned for the government to continue providing free meals to children in the UK, who were in need when schools were closed during the Coronavirus pandemic.