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Written by Raphael El Brico *Looking forward to a good football match, something rare lately on Brazilian soil – almost as rare as vaccinations – I waited, in the middle of lunch, the match that was being played in England between Manchester United and Liverpool. Although the tournament is practically won, why not see Salah, Mane and Rashford among the other big stars on the field?I was surprised when the news came that the match was not going to take place. The reason: Manchester United fans protested outside and inside the legendary Old Trafford Park against the Glazers that own…

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FulbrasOne in five Brazilians in the European elite have experienced racism onlineSão Paulo, SB (Fulhabres) – monkey figures. Gorilla faces. banana. It harms the color of the mother’s complexion. “black”. “Neguinho.” Mockery because of poetry. Monocytosis [macaco em espanhol] Chit. ”At the weekend when a portion of European football decided to boycott social networks because they believed they were doing little to fight racism, Brazilian players had many reasons to protest. The country that acts in the elite on the continent shows that 23% of those who post comments freely In their photos, she received at least one racist message…

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Monkey characters. Gorilla faces. banana. It harms the color of the mother’s complexion. “black”. “Neguinho.” Mockery because of poetry. Monocytosis [macaco em espanhol] Shit. ” Over the weekend, that part of European football decided to boycott social networks because they believed they were doing little to combat racism, and Brazilian players had many reasons to protest. The survey was performed by Leaf On the Instagram accounts of the country’s athletes who work for the elite on the continent, it appears that 23% of those who freely post comments on their photos have received at least one racist message this season,…

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The first day of the World Cup diving in Tokyo (Japan) was not what the Brazilians wanted. At dawn on Saturday (1), Isaac Souza and Cowan Pereira (men’s ten-meter synchronized platform), Anna Lucia Santos and Luana Lyra (women’s three-meter synchronized staging ground) did not qualify for the finals, respectively. Since the event functions as a pre-Olympiad event, the country will not have representatives in these events at the Games, which will also be held in the Japanese capital. The finalists at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju (South Korea), Isaac and Kwan made six simultaneous jumps and completed the…

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Millions of people love football. However, in April, sports headlines in Europe did not highlight the league standings, match results, player transfers, memorable goals, or the upcoming Euro 2020 tournament (which has been postponed for a year due to the pandemic). Instead, fans woke up one morning to a proposal for the European Super League, which will be funded in part by the JP Morgan Chasing (NYSE 🙂 (SA :), a North American banking giant. The bank will inject $ 6 billion in cash. On April 19, it was announced that six English clubs would join six other Europeans to…

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In order to increase Ethnic diversity On Formula 1, a Mercedes On Friday (30) I announced a partnership with the British organization AFBE-UK (Black and Ethnic Minority Engineers Association). The initiative is part of the “Accelerate 45” project, launched in 2020, which aims to increase the percentage of blacks and ethnic minorities, which currently stands at only 3%, to at least 25% in the German team. “As part of our commitment to improving diversity in our team and our sport, we are looking for organizations that can provide us with valuable knowledge and support. The vast experience of AFBE-UK is…

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Paris, April 30, 2021 (AFP) – Social media blackout. English sports are leading a global boycott, followed by top stars, clubs and federations, over the weekend to protest online insults, especially racist insults. Manchester United, seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, as well as the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and even UEFA: after a warning in recent weeks, the sporting movement will go into effect on Friday. Injuries sustained by players on social media have doubled 4.5 since September 2019, Manchester United said Friday, whose players Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford have been subjected to these racist insults.The Red…

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Brazil will be represented by Andre Negrao and Pipo Derani in the main division of the World Endurance Championship (WEC), a class of sports prototypes and touring vehicles. This year’s season kicks off on Saturday (1), 8:30 am (Brasilia time), with 6 hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Only Negrao will be in the contested stage in Spa (Belgium). The two compete in Hipercarros, a class of prototype named LMP1 (Le Mans Prototype 1) until last year that brings together the most powerful and technical vehicles at the World Cup. In the 2019/2010 season, Dirani competed in one of the stages of the…

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LaLiga has partnered with Think Sports to launch LaLiga soccer schools across the country. The expansion plan for MKTEsportivoCast was already presented upon interviewing Albert Castillo, Spanish Entity Representative in Brazil. The program serves children and adolescents between the ages of 4 and 17, with physical education applied through an organization-specific methodology. According to the model applied, Brazil will follow the same paths that LaLiga discovered in India, with the help of the entity’s technical directors to fully enter schools in the country. The first sessions are scheduled to take place later this year in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro,…

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MANCHESTER, UK, April 29, 2021 (AFP) – With a double and two assists from Edinson Cavani plus two goals from Bruno Fernandez, Manchester United thrashed Roma (6-2) at home this Thursday, in the league match. The semi-finals of the European League, a result that left the English team one foot in the final.Paul Pogba and Mason Greenwood closed the scoring and United became the first team to score six goals in the European semi-finals since Real Madrid in 1964.In a mind-boggling match marked by three injury-related changes, including a Roma goalkeeper’s injury (Pau Lopez was knocked out for Antonio Merante),…

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