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Alzajeera News: Players Send Message to NFL

Kenneth Shropshire is featured on Al Jazeera news program in response to athlete activism surrounding the death of George Floyd.

New York City Rugby League pushed back to 2022

New York City Rugby League hope to turn Americans on to the sport. In 2018, Global Sport Matters claimed rugby was the fastest growing sport in the United States and identified Nielsen research that indicated 33 million people were interested in it. 

Global sports group: Should sports be considered essential during pandemic?

Jeff Metcalfe

Arizona State's Global Sport Institute planned to host its third Global Sport Summit this week in Phoenix. 

The coronavirus pandemic forced a cancellation of the summit, which was to have centered on sport and the body, the Global Sport Institute's 2020 theme.

In lieu of the summit, Global Sport Institute CEO Ken Shropshire gathered seven sports experts from around the world to discuss the impact of coronavirus on sport.