A rally聽gathered in front of the NFL鈥檚 Park Avenue Headquarters in New York on August 23. A聽host of聽聽protested the exile-status聽of free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick 鈥 the star quarterback formerly of the San Francisco 49ers who caused waves by taking to his knee during the US national anthem as an anti-racist protest.
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Donald Trump鈥檚 immigration policies 鈥 and the marching orders he has given to Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) 鈥 are destroying lives. When this hits home, it gets very real, very quickly.
It is a reality that recently smacked the members of the elite Bethesda Soccer Club right between the eyes: Their teammate and friend Lizandro Claros Saravia was detained by ICE, along with his older brother Diego. Both were then deported.
, the retired Brazilian-Congolese AFL star, has described Collingwood as a 鈥渂oys鈥 club for racist and sexist jokes鈥 in comments reported by the media ahead of the August 27 screening聽 of the SBS documentary Fair Game. Lumumba played 199 games for Collingwood between 2005-14.
In no breast did the prodigious financial corruption of world football鈥檚 administrative elite beat more vigorously than that of Chuck Blazer, the head of football in the North and Central American and Caribbean regional body.
Chuck was not called American soccer鈥檚 鈥淢r Big鈥 for nothing. His bottomless appetite for high-calorie nosh gave him a gargantuan girth, which was matched financially in size by his tax-sheltered bank accounts. These bulged with millions of dollars received through fraud, embezzlement, bribes, perks, gifts and inducements.
Not only could he afford to rent an entire floor of luxury apartments in the prestigious Trump Tower in Manhattan, but he preserved one of them solely for the use of his cats.
My bias is real. When it comes to tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams, they have never been just athletes to me, but people. I have felt an imperative to defend them against detractors, know-nothings and dime-store bigots.
The reasons are obvious: they were once two Black teenagers from the public courts of Compton, treated with contempt 鈥 of both a race and class variety 鈥 by their sport. They not only survived but thrived.
鈥淪upporters of around 70 English football clubs have vowed to boycott聽The Sun聽over its coverage of the Hillsborough disaster,鈥 on July 3.
The decision by the fan groups comes after six people 鈥 including the senior police officer in charge on the day 鈥 were arrested over the infamous disaster in which 96 Liverpool fans were killed. Coverage by The Sun infamously blamed Liverpool fans and included insulting lies about their alleged behaviour since proven to be entirely false.
Google Maps is ahead of the curve. The growing calls for the Margaret Court Arena to be renamed in response to the tennis star鈥檚 offensive homophobic comments has resulted in the Melbourne arena the Evonne Goolagong Arena.
Argentine hockey player Jessica Millaman, who had been prevented from playing field hockey by her provincial federation governing the sport, told EFE in an interview that she was happy about the recent decision by the Argentine Field Hockey Confederation (CAH) to allow transgender women to participate in women鈥檚 tourneys.
FIFA, the governing body of world football (soccer),聽has capitulated once more to聽intense pressure聽from the Israeli government. It has removed from the agenda of its upcoming congress the issue of teams from Israel鈥檚 illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land playing in Israel鈥檚 national league.
Fans of Glasgow鈥檚 Celtic football club showed their support for more than 1500 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, with large banners and Palestinian flags at Celtic鈥檚 May 6 football (soccer) match against fellow Scottish side St Johnstone FC.
Members of Celtic鈥檚 鈥渦ltras鈥 fan group, the聽, along with聽, lifted a huge Palestinian flag, as well as large banners with the slogans 鈥淔reedom and Dignity鈥 and 鈥淗ungering for Justice鈥.
Calls are mounting on聽聽to require Israel鈥檚 national league to exclude teams from West Bank settlements or face suspension from the governing body of world football (soccer).
But there are warning signs FIFA may be succumbing to intense pressure to once again give Israel a pass to continue violating Palestinian rights with impunity.
Italian soccer authorities were branded as 鈥済utless鈥 amid calls for strikes from the league鈥檚 Black players after a Ghanaian player was banned for protesting racist crowd abuse.
During a May 1 match between Cagliari and Pescara in Italy鈥檚 top league, the Serie A, Pescara鈥檚 Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari was given a yellow card for dissent after he protested opposition fans鈥 racist taunting.
Muntari was seen complaining to the referee to stop the game after coping with abuse throughout the game. He shouted at the fans that 鈥渢his is my colour鈥.
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