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Tuesday, Jun 17, 2025
'It breaks my heart because I'm fighting for the future for my brothers,' said Gauff. 'I'm fighting for the future for my future kids, I'm fighting for the future for my future grandchildren.'
The star West Indies opener stressed on the fact that black lives matter, in the wake of George Floyd's death which has caused outrage across the United States.
Earlier this month, former West Indies captains Darren Sammy and Chris Gayle said they have experienced racist abuse and threw their weight behind the Black Lives Matters campaign.
The 22-year-old wore a mask honouring McClain, the 23-year-old Black man who died after a violent encounter with Aurora, Colorado, police officers in 2019, during her second round match.
The former West Indies captain said he and Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera were referred to as 'kaalu' when the pair played for Indian Premier League side Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The former West Indies captain said he has accepted an ex-teammate's explanation of a potentially racist nickname he was given at Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Tendulkar's tweet came as widespread protest have taken place in the United States following the death of George Floyd, an African-American who died in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25.
Sammy had expressed anger upon realising the meaning of the word 'kaalu' which he says was used to refer to him and Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera when the pair played for SRH in the Indian Premier League.
The former West Indies captain's Keralite neighbour writes about Sammy in the wake of the racism row.
Carberry is the latest sportsperson to open up regarding the racist abuse he had to go through while trying to make it big in the 'gentleman's game'.
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