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Morgan backs ECB, says issues like racism should be met "head on"

England captain Eoin Morgan on Friday backed his cricket board for taking stringent action against Yorkshire county and its batter Gary Ballance in the Azeem Rafiq racial allegations case

TCS UK joins call to take action on racism at workplace

Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds are reportedly still underemployed, under-promoted, and underrepresented at senior levels

Tesla ordered to pay over $130 mn to Black ex-worker over racism: Report

The jury awarded Diaz $6.9 million in compensatory damages and $130 million in punitive damages, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Asian Americans in finance say racism leads to 'bamboo ceiling' in career

Asians often fall victim to the "model minority myth," the view that they are diligent workers who have overcome discrimination to gain a solid foothold in the workplace, according to the AAAIM

Apple faces setback in bias case filed by ex-worker of Pakistani background

Anita Nariani Schulze's lawsuit says two of her former supervisors at the company were a Hindu Indian and a Muslim Pakistani.

Banker behind report alleging HSBC racism resigns over lack of support

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Olympics: IOC to include athletes kneeling in highlights, social media

After images of Olympic soccer players taking a knee were excluded from official highlight reels and social media channels, the IOC said Thursday that kneeling protests will be shown in the future. Players from five women's soccer teams kneeled in support of racial justice Wednesday, the first day it was allowed at the Olympic Games after a ban lasting decades. The concession under Olympic Charter Rule 50, which has long prohibited any athlete protest inside event venues, was finally allowed this month by the International Olympic Committee. The IOC has tried to reconcile enforcing the rule while recognizing, and sometimes celebrating, the iconic image of American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos each raising a black-gloved fist on the medal podium at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. On Wednesday, the British and Chilean teams kneeled before the opening games and were followed by the United States, Sweden and New Zealand players in later kickoffs. The Australia team posed with

Great Britain women's football team to take a knee at Olympics

The Great Britain's women's football team has decided to take a knee before their matches at the Tokyo Olympics to support the fight against racism and discrimination.

How local politics and nationalism shaped football as we know it today

The sport, which began capturing global imagination just after World War I, has been used as a platform to make political and racial statements and broadcast ethnic identities

After heartbreaking defeat, England's soccer players face racist outburst

The racist attacks, the likes of which have plagued European soccer for years, drew immediate condemnation from leaders including Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prince William

Blacked out

Kanika Datta discusses the hidden racism in the institutions of European football

Why Black lives matter

Book review of WHY WE KNEEL, HOW WE RISE

A legal journey towards civil right

Book review of The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero

Scotland to take knee vs. England at Uefa Euro 2020

Scotland's players will take a knee at the European Championship before the game against England in London but will stand ahead of matches in Glasgow against the Czech Republic and Croatia. The England team has been doing the anti-racism gesture since last year. Scotland captain Andy Roberton says we have collectively decided to again take the knee as a team for the fixture against England at Wembley Stadium. The match will be played on June 18. The gesture has been booed by a section of England fans but the team will continue to take a knee at Euro 2020. England's first game of the tournament will be on Sunday against Croatia.

Football and cricket: The colour of equity

In tackling racism, the alleged gentleman's game can learn from the working class sport of football

Anti-racism movement in cricket needs re-sparking, re-engaging: Holder

The anti-racism movement in cricket needs more than just players taking a knee before matches in order for it to have some meaning and substance, feels West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder

8th noose found at Amazon construction site despite additional security

Amazon closed the site over the weekend, saying it was putting additional security measures in place after a seventh noose was found last week

George Floyd family meets with Joe Biden as Congress mulls police bill

President Joe Biden will meet with the family of George Floyd at the White House Tuesday on the one year anniversary of his death.

Anthony Fauci says pandemic exposed 'undeniable effects of racism' in US

Dr Anthony Fauci said that the Covid-19 pandemic had exposed racial disparities in living conditions and access to healthcare across the US that required serious action to fix

BML: Derek Chauvin verdict brings a rare rebuke of police misconduct

A jury deliberated for just over 10 hours before pronouncing Mr. Chauvin guilty on all three charges: second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter