Emergency summit to tackle racism in football David Cameron has announced a summit to try and tackle racism in football. The Prime Minister and Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt are to hold a "round table discussion" at Downing Street with the sport's authorities and players' representatives, according to reports. The event, to be held later this month, comes amid fears that high-profile incidents are harming the image of the game both domestically and internationally. The announcement comes the day after a fresh spat broke out between Liverpool forward Luis Suarez and Manchester United's Patrice Evra before the teams' match. Suarez refused to shake hands with Evra, in the pair's first meeting since Suarez was given an eight-match ban for racially abusing Evra during a game in October. At a charity reception last month, Mr Cameron said many people had been "concerned by recent events" in the sport. My message is clear: we will not tolerate racism in Britain. It has absolutely no place in our society and where it exists, we will kick it out," he said. Our football governing bodies, clubs and footballers themselves have a vital role to play as role models in this respect.