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Liverpool manager Klopp doesn't see US sporting boycotts coming to UK

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp doesn't see the sporting boycotts taking place in the United States coming to the United Kingdom, but has acknowledged the ongoing fight against racism as a "worldwide issue".

Major fixtures across a number of different sports in America were called off earlier this week as protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake continued.

A number of players from the National Basketball Association began boycotting games after Blake was shot seven times in Wisconsin, with the 29-year-old left fighting for his life in hospital.

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Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the National Hockey League and the WNBA have also cancelled games amid the anti-racism demonstrations taking place across the country.