#taking a knee

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England players booed as they take a knee ahead of their World Cup Qualifier in Hungary

England players booed by fans when taking a knee prior to kick-off; Republic of Ireland had been booed in June for making the same gesture in Hungary

The squad had discussed the issue in the build-up to the game, and were made aware of the fact that the Republic of Ireland players were loudly booed in June when they took a knee before their friendly with Hungary in the nearby Szusza Ferenc Stadion.

There were similar scenes at the Puskas Arena on Thursday evening, with loud boos and jeers clearly audible as England's players made the gesture, which draws attention to the fight against racial inequality in the game and society.

With the game played under FIFA jurisdiction, a full-capacity crowd of 60,000 were present at the stadium, despite Hungary having been ordered to play their next three UEFA competition matches behind closed doors - with one of those games suspended for two years - following racist abuse from supporters and homophobic banners in the stands during their Euro 2020 group stage matches in Budapest.

At his own pre-match news conference, England boss Gareth Southgate refused to confirm whether his side would walk off the pitch if Hungary's fans racially abused England players during the game.

England decided to play on against Bulgaria in Sofia in October 2019 after Bulgarian fans racially abused Southgate's players in a Euro 2020 qualifier.

England's players were booed earlier this summer by some of their own supporters when they took a knee for their Euro 2020 warm-up games and again by small sections of the crowd in their Euro 2020 opener against Croatia.

Players taking a knee have also been booed at some club matches since the domestic season started. (Sky Sports UK)

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Bagley Cartoon: America the Beautiful

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[icame-isaw-iwentbackhome]

I hope they don’t take a knee.

Controversial, I know. But let’s be honest, most of the teams didn’t really do anything when the BLM campaign was at its height. Taking a knee is supposed to represent support, but if most teams weren’t showing any support there’s no point doing it for the media. Lewis is right calling out F1 for its lack of diversity in both race and gender. I would just prefer if F1 actually changed that rather than taking a knee as a ‘trend’ and then forgetting about it.

[elaindurham]

National Women's Soccer League is back in action I see. Yawn...Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Boy! Is President Trump going to be REALLY upset when he sees all those NFL players knees going down this season...

[canadachronicles]

Taking a stand.

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