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Every few months, something happens to prove that sport and politics can, and do, mix. Recently we have had the US basketball players, both men and women, who have stood in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement recently.
Not only have players of the NBA and WNBA used their position in society to speak out against the racial injustices currently ongoing in the United States but so has Serena Williams, all following on in the footsteps of other black athletes who over the decades have refused to stand by and idly watch the mistreatment of ethnic minorities in the United States.
The most recent athlete is San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick. When he entered the league in 2011, he was seen as the future of the quarterback position due to his athletic play style.
ROGER MCKENZIE argues that it was correct to ban the notorious Israeli side who were likely to cause trouble in Muslim areas of Birmingham, but asks, given the occupation and slaughter in Palestine, why any Israeli team is being hosted anywhere
LARRY LAGE writes about the growth of tackle football and how it provides female athletes opportunities in a game previously dominated by men
JAMES NALTON discusses how Fifa claims to be apolitical, but as Infantino and Juventus players stood behind Trump discussing war, gender, and global politics, the line between sport and statecraft vanished