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Paul Stewart: Survivor hopes course stops future sports abuse

A former Stoke City, Tottenham and England player said he hoped a new safeguarding course prevents children being sexually abused like he was.

Paul Stewart revealed in 2016 he was abused by a coach for four years as a child.

He worked with an online training firm to put together a free course for sports coaches and parents to help them spot and report signs of abuse.

"What I want to do is make sure we learn from our past," Mr Stewart said.

The course, developed with High Speed Training, used his story and the former player said it has been difficult going back over what happened to him as a child.