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New Statesman on 2019-12-17 14:47

Arsenal’s reaction to Mesut Özil exposes the old lie that “sport and politics don’t mix”

The footballer condemned Chinese persecution of the Uighurs and was met with backlash from China and hypocrisy from his club.

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