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AFRICAN DUO AT LIVERPOOL LEAD CLUB TO TITLE IN 27 YEARS : SADIO MANE OF SENEGAL AND MOHAMED SALAH OF EGYPT CONSIDERED TO BE THE FOCUS OF THE RECENT SUCCESSES OF LIVERPOOL FC PROVED THEIR WORTH AGAIN WHEN THEY LED THE LEGENDARY FOOTBALL CLUB TO ITS FIRST ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE IN 30 YEARS IN JUNE OF 2020 .
NBA & WNBA PLAYERS LEAD A GLOBAL PROTEST AGAINST RACISM DURING THE SUMMER OF 2020 , AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID -19 PANDEMIC , NBA AND WNBA PLAYERS LED A GLOBAL MOVEMENT OF PROTEST IN THE USA AGAINST RACISM AND INJUSTICE JOINED BY A SLEW OF ATHLETES FROM AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL AS LEAGUES THAT INCLUDED THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE .
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY AND RACISM IN THE USA REACHED A FLASHPOINT AFTER THE GEORGE FLOYD MURDER IN MINNEAPOLIS , MINNESOTA , WHICH SAW ATHLETES TAKE TO THE STREETS AS THEY JOINED COMMUNITY MARCHES , SPORTING BLACK LIVES MATTER T-SHIRTS .
DEMBA BA AND FELLOW PLAYERS WALK OFF THE PITCH IN PROTEST AGAINST RACISM IN FOOTBALL : ON DECEMBER 9TH 2020 DURING A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH BETWEEN ISTANBUL BASAKSEHIR AND PARIS SAINT GERMAIN , THE MATCH WAS BROUGHT TO AN ABRUPT END AFTER 14 MINUTES OF PLAY WHEN FORMER CAMEROONIAN FOOTBALLER , NOW ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE TURKISH SIDE , PIERRE WEBO , SAID HE HAD BEEN RACIALLY ABUSED ON THE SIDELINE . DEMBA BA AND OTHER PLAYERS ON THE FIELD REACTED WITH A HEATED EXCHANGE AGAINST THE OFFICIALS AND WALKED OFF THE PITCH IN SOLIDARITY AND IN PROTEST AGAINST RACISM IN FOOTBALL AND SPORTS .
THE ACTIVISM WAS OFFICIALLY JOINED BY THE NBA LEAGUE OFFICE , WHICH OFFICIALLY DECLARED ITS SUPPORT FOR THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT . OFF THE COURT ATHLETES USED A MYRIAD OF PLATFORMS TO VOICE THEIR CRIES AGAINST AN ISSUE THAT HAD REACHED A PUBLIC CRESCENDO WITH THE PUBLIC CELLPHONE VIDEO MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD .
A RECORD NINE PLAYERS OF NIGERIAN DESCENT DRAFTED AT THE 2020 NBA DRAFT : AS THE NBA SETS THE PACE FOR OTHER LEAGUES AROUND THE WORLD AS THE MOST INTERNATIONALLY INCLUSIVE LEAGUE IT TOOK A HISTORIC STEP WHEN IT DRAFTED A RECORD 9 PLAYERS OF NIGERIAN DESCENT ON 2020 DRAFT NIGHT .
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