Beyond The Game

Basaksehir have been crowned Turkish football champions, becoming only the sixth club to win the Super Lig.

They did it with one week to spare. And as Talha Duman explains, their success story is fairly unique to Turkey.

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'Breonna Taylor was murdered, Ahmaud Arbery was murdered and then, as we all know, George Floyd was murdered. So just strung together, it made it difficult to focus on anything else,' Renee Montgomery explains why she opted out of the 2020 WNBA season to focus on social justice issues. The 11-year veteran has joined the LeBron James-led 'More Than A Vote' campaign and believes teams can support players by amplifying their voices. 'Allow players to speak about how they feel. A lot of times athletes didn't speak out because they knew their teams wouldn't like it.'

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It’s official. Liverpool are the new English Premier League Champions after Manchester City lost 2-1 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Thursday.

The Reds have dominated the season and have ended a 30 year wait for a league title. Lance Santos reports

Similar to Colin Kaepernick, retired free safety Husain Abdullah had an unconventional NFL career. After four seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Husain and his brother Hamza walked away from their pro football careers in 2012, to take a spiritual journey to Mecca. Upon returning the following year, Husain Abdullah was named captain in his first season with the Kansas City Chiefs. He retired in 2016 at the age of 30, after suffering his fifth concussion.

Many athletes are using their platform to call for racial justice, in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. But for NBA player Thabo Sefolosha, the video brought back some painful memories. The Houston Rockets’ forward was a victim of police brutality in 2015, resulting in a broken leg and torn ligaments. Aadel Haleem spoke to the 36-year-old NBA veteran.

As protests over the killing of George Floyd continue, sports stars from around the world are joining the Black Lives Matter movement.

They're condemning racism and demanding justice and real change. Lance Santos reports.

The Turkish Super Lig is back! Play resumes on June 12th and Trabzonspor hope to pick up where they left off, on course to win their first league title in more than 30 years.

Samantha Johnson explains.

Minnesota-native Royce White has led several peaceful demonstrations through the streets of Minneapolis, the same city where George Floyd was killed by police. The former NBA player joins Aadel Haleem to discuss Colin Kaepernick, ‘debunking the need for hyper-policing,’ and why he believes he was ‘blackballed’ for challenging the NBA’s mental health policy.

Golf courses in England are once again alive with the sound of balls being hit. But restrictions have been introduced to keep the spread of the virus under control. Lance Santos explains.

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With restrictions in place around the world, the coronavirus pandemic has forced us to find unique ways of keeping active.

The fitness industry, like many others, has been hit hard. Gyms have closed and many will never reopen. But some aren't going down without a fight. Lance Santos explains.