"It's clear that both we and football need another way to combat racism." This is the response from the England national team after learning of Jess Carter's complaint about racist comments during the European Championship. Sarina Wiegman's team was the only one, along with Switzerland, to take a knee before the referee's whistle. A gesture that spread across the Premier League following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in the United States.

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, has asked the courts for a retrial. His lawyers argue that he has been denied his right to a fair trial and that there have been procedural errors.

The conviction of police officer Dereck Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd is so unusual in the United States that it has become a victory for the civil rights movement. The president of the country himself, Joe Biden, admitted that the verdict was "much too rare", since before this case there had been many in which police had shot and killed unarmed African-Americans and there had hardly ever been a conviction. In many cases there was never even a trial. It took a nine-minute viral video of Floyd dying with Chauvin's knee crushing his neck and saying "I can't breathe" and a wave of riots and demonstrations across the country under the slogan Black Lives Matter for a jury to finally have the courage to convict a police officer of murder. Also important in Floyd's case was the witness in the trial of the Minneapolis police chief, the first African-American to hold the post, who made it clear that Chauvin had violated all protocols in his actions.

An outpouring of joy, hugs, tears, relief and grief filled downtown Minneapolis last night after the jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd. The African-American, who was 46, died of asphyxiation under the weight of the ex-cop's knee on May 25, 2020. Chauvin, who will receive his sentence in six weeks, was found guilty on charges of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The first is punishable by a maximum of 40 years in prison, the second by 25 and the third by 10. The nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds he stood over Floyd's neck will mark the rest of his life. With his face partially covered by a mask, Chauvin remained expressionless as he listened to the judge.