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Apr 2021

9m 25s

Football clubs back out of Super League,...

Financial Times

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A jury in Minneapolis found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on three charges in the killing of George Floyd, TikTok is accused of illegally collecting personal data on millions of children in the UK and Europe. Plus, the FT’s sports editor, Murad Ahmed, has the latest in the European football upheaval and the decision by leading English clubs to back out of plans for a new Super League.

Leaked Super League plans reveal goal of US-style football finances

https://www.ft.com/content/e80299a4-8012-447a-8512-c24e149304b1

Defund the police: how a protest slogan triggered a policy debate

https://www.ft.com/content/76a8080c-cca9-48cd-be81-891a75676adf

TikTok sued on behalf of millions of European children over data concerns

https://www.ft.com/content/02bb235f-f6f3-42be-a921-bc2c86b86271?

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