https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/sport/202010181080810586-liverpools-defender-van-dijk-will-have-knee-surgery-club-confirms/ The captain of the Netherlands national team, Virgil van Dijk, has suffered an injury during Saturday match with Everton, prompting speculations about looming operation. Liverpool’s key defender Virgil van Dijk will have to have a surgery on his knee, the club confirmed on Sunday, following reports that the footballer’s injury was “not good”. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
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The worst fears of Liverpool fans appear to have been confirmed after it was reported that star defender Virgil van Dijk is set to miss the remainder of this season’s Premier League campaign after injuring his ACL on Saturday. Van Dijk appeared to suffer a nasty hyperextension of his right knee after a thunderous challenge from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford early in the first half of Saturday afternoon’s Merseyside Derby. Also on rt.com Liverpool sweat as stars Virgil van Dijk and Thiago taken to HOSPITAL after testy Merseyside derby with Everton The Dutchman, who is considered to be among the world’s […]
English Championship club Queens Park Rangers have hit out at critics of their decision to not take a knee ahead of a recent game, saying that the message behind the ongoing social justice campaign has been lost. Players from both QPR and Coventry opted to forgo the pre-match ritual which has been commonplace in English football, and throughout the rest of the world, in the wake of the death of George Floyd in May and the resulting protests which have been galvanized by the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement. This was the first time that a recent televised game in England began […]
WNBA players with the Washington Mystics wore T-shirts with seven bullet holes for their game on Wednesday. The ladies also held a protest on the court locking arms and kneeling.The WNBA also cancelled their games on Wednesday night. Advertisement – story continues below The WNBA led the way. The Mystics pulled up today in shirts reading Jacob Blake, with bullet holes in the back. https://t.co/xxDQPlfTEv — Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) August 26, 2020 TRENDING: MUST SEE: Jacob Blake’s Mother Stuns Don Lemon After She Apologizes to President Trump for Missing his Call (VIDEO) Source link
Fans and analysts have turned on Orlando Magic star Jonathan Isaac and each other after he shunned the Black Lives Matter T-shirts worn by his teammates, stood during the anthem and left in a wheelchair with a painful knee injury. Forward and ordained minister Isaac was the first NBA star not to kneel during the national anthem as part of the Black Lives Matter movement, standing in his team colors while his teammates observed the gesture in T-shirts bearing the name of the campaign. He explained that “black lives are supported through the gospel” before enduring an agonizing end to Magic’s win over […]
Every single player, coach and ref took a knee during the National Anthem at the Pelicans-Jazz game on Thursday. Every single member of Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans wore a Black Lives Matter t-shirt and took a knee on the court in the NBA’s first game back. “Black Lives Matter” was painted on the court in large glossy letters. The NBA has made it clear that they not only support Communist China, they also support overt Marxists hell-bent on overthrowing the US government. TRENDING: President Trump Suggests Delaying Election Until Americans Can Vote in Person WATCH: Every player, coach and […]
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement guard at an immigration jail in Virginia knelt dangerously on the upper back of a man already bleeding from his head, two detained men who said they saw the disturbing incident told The Daily Beast. “It was like seeing George Floyd all over again,” said one detainee, whom The Daily Beast will call Glenn. Since the incident on Monday, July 13, the detained men said that they have not seen the beaten man, identified as 31-year old Carlos Rivas Monsano. “Right now, we don’t know where he is,” a second detainee, whom The Daily Beast will […]
All players and coaches on the Yankees & Nationals took a knee before the national anthem tonight. Thursday was the first night of Major League Baseball season, which began nearly 15 weeks later than scheduled due to the coronavirus. All players and coaches on the Yankees & Nationals took a knee before the national anthem tonight @MarkZuckerman pic.twitter.com/mLai859LzN — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 23, 2020 TRENDING: UPDATE: Navy Is Investigating Uniformed Sailor Sarah Dudrey for Busting into Pro-Trump Rally, Harassing Protesters while Screaming “F**k Trump!” Players from both teams kneel together in unity before tonight’s National Anthem. #OpeningDay #NYYforNY pic.twitter.com/ptW2FgfzUe — New […]
Internet users have expressed bewilderment and amusement over a petition denouncing “racist” Trader Joe brands. The company has already admitted wrongdoing and claims it is in the process of discontinuing its “harmful” packaging. The Change.org petition calls on the popular grocery chain in the US to remove the labels used for some of its ethnic food, claiming that the “racist” practice “perpetuates harmful stereotypes.” The internet complaint listed “Trader Ming’s,” which is used to brand the chain’s Chinese food, and “Trader José,” the label used for Mexican foods, as examples of this purportedly inappropriate packaging policy. Trader Joe’s name is itself […]
A screenshot from a cellphone video appears to show a police officer pressing his knee into a man’s neck, in Allentown, Pa. Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption Screenshot by NPR A screenshot from a cellphone video appears to show a police officer pressing his knee into a man’s neck, in Allentown, Pa. Screenshot by NPR Officials in Allentown, Pa., have released a roughly ten-minute surveillance video showing officers subduing and arresting a man in front of a local hospital on Monday evening. The man ends up face-down on the ground, and as two officers pin the man’s arm behind […]
UFC veteran Boston Salmon was on the receiving end of one of the more concussive illegal strikes in recent memory, as he was drilled with a knee by Shawn West at a Legacy Fighting Alliance event on Friday. Salmon, who went 0-2 in a recent run in the UFC, was awarded the victory while still prone on the canvas after being hit with the vicious knee strike during his LFA 84 fight with West in South Dakota. The illegal shot left Salmon dazed and bloodied on the canvas but after being deemed unable to continue the bout, he emerged the victor […]
Formula 1’s drivers gathered as one to make a visual statement against racism, but Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen both attracted criticism after stating they would not take a knee before lights out in Austria. Prior to getting into their cars, all of the drivers gathered at the start-finish line at the Red Bull ring, wearing black t-shirts, as they gathered as a collective to express their support for the fight against racism. READ MORE: ‘I see you staying silent’: F1 world champ Lewis Hamilton slams fellow drivers for lack of response to George Floyd death Most of the drivers, including world […]
Dave Portnoy AKA “El Presidente” Communist cancel culture came for Barstool Sports this week and the founder, Dave Portnoy told them to piss off. Barstool Sports is a very popular sports blog that also produces numerous edgy podcasts. Advertisement – story continues below The Communists tweeted the same clip nonstop of Portnoy discussing loser Colin Kaepernick kneeling. Dave Portnoy said the comedy clips were taken out of context. TRENDING: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Threatens to Take Action Against Couple Who Protected Home Against Protest Mob on Private Street 🗣 Unearthed: Racist Bartstool Sports Segment on Colin Kaepernick and Arabs (Part 1 […]
Facebook will change its policies to ban “hate speech” in advertisements on the platform, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced, after activists brigaded a number of major corporations to pull their ads from the platform. “I am committed to making sure Facebook remains a place where people can use their voice to discuss important issues,” Zuckerberg said on Friday. “But I also stand against hate or anything that incites violences or suppresses voting, and we’re committed to removing that content too, no matter where it comes from.” This will include ads critical of “immigrants, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers” CNBC reported Zuckerberg as […]
Dan Cathy, CEO of the Chick-Fil-A fast-food restaurant chain, publicly polished the sneakers of the black rapper Lecrae. The son of the Chick-Fil-A founder said he did it to recognize white people’s “oblivion” to racial injustice. “Most of us white people, we’re out-of-sight, out-of-mind oblivious to it,” Dan Cathy said. Kneeling at the feet of the Christian rapper during a panel discussion at the Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia, the CEO then started to polish the artist’s shoes. “If we… find somebody that needs to have their shoes shined, we just need to go over and shine their shoes.” Shoes or sneakers, it […]
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has poured cold water on the idea he would ever “take the knee” in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, saying the only people he would do that for are the Queen and his wife. During an interview on Thursday with talkRadio’s Julia Hartley-Brewer, Raab was asked if he would “take the knee” – a gesture that has been taken up by anti-racism supporters across the world in a show of solidarity with the Black lives Matter movement. Raab suggested that he would refuse if requested. I take the knee for two people; the Queen […]
This wasn’t supposed to happen. Black Lives Matter rioters vandalized the home of very progressive Olympia, WA Mayor Cheryl Selby on Friday night. Mayor Selby is a far-left progressive and vocal supporter of Black Lives Matter. She even took a knee with Antifa/BLM terrorists a couple weeks ago. TRENDING: Democrat Senator Tim Kaine: “The US Didn’t Inherit Slavery From Anybody. We Created it” (VIDEO) WATCH: However, the mayor had a change of heart when a brigade of black-clad rioters made it her doorstep and vandalized her home. “I’m really trying to process this,” Selby said. “It’s like domestic terrorism. It’s unfair.” […]
The International Olympic Committee is standing by its long-held stance that politics should be kept out of sports. That rule prohibits wearing political signs and kneeling, but activists are pressuring the organisation to change its mind in light of mass anti-racism protests. An international athlete-led movement has accused the Olympic Games’ governing body of violating human rights over its commitment to political neutrality. “The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) recent statement that athletes who ‘take a knee’ in solidarity with the anti-racism movement will face bans is a clear breach of human rights,” the Global Athlete movement […]
Whether or not police officers should ‘take the knee’ has become the subject of widespread debate throughout the UK and US. However, one police force in Britain may have now taken things to a new, and potentially troubling, level. A UK police force has called upon its officers to “take the knee” as a gesture of solidarity with Black Lives Matter (BLM) protestors, or risk facing potential consequences, according to The Daily Mail. Hertfordshire Constabulary told officers in a recent operational briefing that those who don’t kneel at rallies “may become the focus of the protestors’ attention.” “Officers are to be […]
…from The Berkshire Edge, Great Barringtion, Mass “To put your knee on a man’s neck until he is dead is the same as putting a noose around his neck until he is dead or to put him in a chokehold until he is dead…we’re back to lynching” – Dennis Powell, NAACP [ Editor’s Note: Great Barrington earned this for putting 1000 people in front of the Colonial era town hall when the town’s population is 2500. This is a hint as to why it was chosen as the best small town in the US for 2012. Smithsonian Magazine cited the town […]
Citizens are protesting the death of George Floyd by marching and kneeling far outside the borders of the United States, with Saturday demonstrations occurring everywhere from the UK to Australia. The latest kneeling trend, which some critics have called into question, occurred all over the world in major cities on Saturday. In Turin, Italy, hundreds could be seen not only kneeling, sitting en masse to protest. Over in the Italian city of Bari, protesters reportedly knelt for a full eight minutes, with some even singing the song ‘One Love’ by Bob Marley. #BlackLivesMatter BLM protest today in Bari, Italy. This was […]
What a disgrace. Advertisement – story continues below Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knelt on the ground as part of a crowd gathered on Parliament Hill Friday afternoon, in solidarity with anti-racism demonstrators protesting police killings of Black people. Justin Trudeau kneels during anti-racism protest in Ottawa. Amazing. https://t.co/Ei2uTBkW8d — George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) June 5, 2020 TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Is Censoring The Gateway Pundit Writer Joe Hoft’s Latest Book “In God We Trust: Not in Lying Liberal Lunatics” The Toronto Star posted video in September 2019 of Justin Trudeau in blackface and black skin paint on his arms, hands and knees. […]
