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NBA players agree to resume games following protest against racial injustice after the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
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NBA postpones three more play-off games as official says ‘hopeful’ league will resume games on Friday or Saturday.
![Player and coaches from Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers took a knee during the national anthem [Erik S Lesser/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eef035842aea40ea934eed4975d3a286_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
The Lakers’ LeBron James sees progress in the fight against systemic racism, but says key is to...
![Tommie Smith, centre, and John Carlos, right, raise their gloved fists in a human rights protest at the 1968 Olympics [AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/a322dfdae4de441f8fc4c67a9e0241fe_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Athletes using sport as platform to highlight societal issues is not new, but backlash, hostility...
![The league said the affected player, reportedly Jazz centre Rudy Gobert, was not in the arena [Wilfredo Lee/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/e9b0acb079804ca3ba4d142e9b416417_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Decision to halt basketball season comes after a Utah Jazz player tests positive for the coronavirus.
NBA suspends its season ‘until further notice’ after a Utah Jazz player tests positive on Wednesday for the coronavirus.
Thousands gathered to remember the late basketball star and his daughter who were killed in a helicopter crash.
Former NBA player Dikembe Mutombo speaks to Al Jazeera about Kobe Bryant’s death.
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Dikembe Mutombo speaks to Al Jazeera about the death of Kobe Bryant and sends a message to his family.
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Despite the NBA star’s untimely passing in a fiery chopper crash, Bryant’s business and investment legacy survives.
Experts question how the retired basketball star’s helicopter was allowed to fly despite poor visibility.
One of basketball’s biggest ever stars is killed in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles.
Tributes pour in from around the world after former Los Angeles Lakers player was killed in a helicopter crash.
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Britain’s public broadcaster draws ire for mistake in news clip after Bryant’s death it blamed on ‘human error’.