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		</div><p>Major US sporting events were called off on Wednesday as athletes protested against racial injustice following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin last week.</p>
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<p>Three NBA play-off games, three Major League Baseball matches, three WNBA fixtures and five Major League Soccer games were postponed after player-led actions in response to the shooting of African-American Blake and the civil unrest that has followed.</p>
<p>Tennis star Naomi Osaka also withdrew from her semi-final at the Western &; Southern Open in New York, scheduled for Thursday, saying “before I am an athlete, I am a black woman”.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Milwaukee Bucks have boycotted Game 5 of their First Round series vs. the Orlando Magic this afternoon. </p>
<p>The team provided the following statement: <a href="https://t.co/ul5rMlitlS">pic.twitter.com/ul5rMlitlS</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bucks/status/1298772094151467010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>And her decision was followed with an announcement the tournament – the last warm-up for the US Open for both men and women – would be put on hold on Thursday.<br />
Blake was shot on Sunday in Kenosha, Wisconsin – 40 miles from Milwaukee – apparently in the back, and the incident was captured on phone video, igniting new protests over racial injustice in several cities.</p>
<p>Wednesday’s multi-sport response began when the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted their play-off game against the Orlando Magic.</p>
<figure id="attachment_160919" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-160919" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-160919" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/35B931ED-262D-4DBD-86AB-128F1540AE46.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="884" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-160919" class="wp-caption-text">Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James (right) was among many athletes protesting over the shooting</figcaption></figure>
<p>Leading 3-1 and needing just one more win to move into the Eastern Conference semi-finals, the Bucks did not emerge from their locker room for practice ahead of game five.</p>
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<p>The NBA swiftly postponed its two other play-off games scheduled for Wednesday night between the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers and the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder.<br />
Lakers talisman LeBron James tweeted: “F*** THIS MAN!!!! WE DEMAND CHANGE. SICK OF IT”, while the Lakers later posted “#JusticeForJacobBlake”.</p>
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