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Lewis Hamilton backs NFL players' political stand choice

Updated on: 29 September,2017 09:08 AM IST  |  Sepang
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Three-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has offered his support to athletes using sport to make a political stand

Lewis Hamilton backs NFL players' political stand choice

Three-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has offered his support to athletes using sport to make a political stand.


Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton


United States president Donald Trump last week suggested NFL players should be sacked by their clubs if they knelt in protest during the American anthem. Players from up and down the league have been kneeling during pre-match renditions of the Star-Spangled Banner - while the entire Pittsburgh Steelers team remained in the locker room when it was played ahead of their recent game with the Chicago Bears.


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