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UK 🇬🇧 West Ham's Viviane Asseyi, inspired by Zidane to play from the age of four, has reflected on her Gabonese heritage, her pride as a visible Black female footballer and her hope of inspiring the next generation of girls. buff.ly/OEjsLXb

India 🇮🇳 DFA Raisen founder Param Asawar has built a women's football club in Madhya Pradesh despite social and financial barriers, with two players invited to India's U-17 camp. He calls Revsportz's Empowerment Cup a vital platform for women footballers. buff.ly/QyITLOS

Portugal 🇵🇹 Gil Vicente FC and AMAR21, an organisation supporting people with Down's syndrome, have signed a collaboration protocol to strengthen the 'Football For All' project, promoting inclusion, equal opportunities and access to sport for all. buff.ly/PmP9rdB

UK 🇬🇧 Sheffield community members are helping to shape a public artwork honouring Uriah Rennie, the Premier League's first Black referee, who died in June 2025. The tribute will be displayed at a leisure centre named in his honour. bbc.com/news/articles/c95ynv…

USA 🇺🇸 60% of the last 20 WNBA Finals MVPs have been openly LGBTQ+ players. Gabby Williams, one of at least five openly LGBTQ+ players in this year's Finals, is the favourite to win the 2026 award. buff.ly/rDZIbFi

Canada 🇨🇦 Trans athlete Elle Yung had to leave the Brandeis track team after the NCAA banned trans women from the female category. She now trains at Western Ontario, as USports lets trans athletes compete in line with their gender identity. buff.ly/w9ocKjv

USA 🇺🇸 Rick Welts, the first openly gay men's basketball executive and a Basketball Hall of Famer, is retiring as Dallas Mavericks CEO on 31 December, ending a trailblazing career of more than 50 years that advanced LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport. buff.ly/Jv4vebs

Mexico 🇲🇽 After footballer Charlyn Corral became the first Mexican to win the Gerd Müller Women's Trophy, a Senate motion is seeking official recognition of her feat and calls on sports authorities to invest in equal opportunities for women in sport. buff.ly/uyMOdPj

UK 🇬🇧 Callum Hudson-Odoi, Nathan Collins and Josh Dasilva have made surprise visits to primary schools as part of the Premier League's No Room For Racism initiative, talking to pupils about diversity, inclusion and tackling discrimination. buff.ly/paZ0IBV

Global 🌐 UNESCO and Leeds Beckett University have published a report on tackling antisemitism in sport, recommending how clubs can create safe, inclusive environments. It draws on case studies from six countries, focusing on football. buff.ly/tlMJnST

USA 🇺🇸 Ten years on, Colin Kaepernick has told BBC Sport he would 'absolutely do it again', with no regrets about taking the knee against racial injustice, though he believes it ended his NFL career. He warned athlete activism has lost momentum. buff.ly/1YgaszU

France 🇫🇷 PSG has placed anti-homophobia education at the heart of its youth academy, rolling out initiatives to break taboos and tackle discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in football. buff.ly/vGtk4vW

Spain 🇪🇸 Benidorm council has approved a €100,000 grant scheme to promote women's and girls' sport at local clubs, with each eligible club able to receive up to €20,000. Clubs have 15 days to apply. buff.ly/taIxSeJ

USA 🇺🇸 A new US study has found many Americans vastly overestimate how many trans athletes compete in NCAA sport: fewer than ten among more than 500,000. Misinformation and an estimated $183m in Republican anti-trans TV ads are fuelling the gap. buff.ly/ziFRHiz

Morocco 🇲🇦 Moroccan football legend Mustapha Hadji has called for the 2030 World Cup final to be held in Morocco, considering Spanish media pressure to host the final in Spain as a form of racism and saying it is time to 'raise the African flag'. buff.ly/gyC7VNv

Poland 🇵🇱 Essam Abdelhamid, 15, who scored for Poland's U-16s this month, has reportedly been called up by Belgium. He had previously faced a wave of racist online abuse targeting him and his mother while playing for the Polish national team. buff.ly/GJwhYkK

Serbia 🇷🇸 Crvena zvezda's Čima Moneke has said a Partizan fan directed monkey noises at him during the EuroLeague basketball Belgrade derby, the first time in his career he has faced such abuse. He described being shocked and saddened by it. buff.ly/oVUudND

Spain 🇪🇸 The Spanish FA has opened an investigation into a racist incident during the third-tier match between Unionistas de Salamanca and Athletic Club B on Saturday, following information in the referee's report. buff.ly/2IiAwPj

Serbia 🇷🇸 UEFA has fined Crvena zvezda €83,500 and ordered a partial stadium closure after racist and discriminatory fan behaviour, pyrotechnics and an inappropriate message at their Conference League match against FC Copenhagen. buff.ly/3FItOgA

Brazil 🇧🇷 A 12-year-old Black boy was racially abused by players from his former school during a futsal match at the Copa Skill.Ed school tournament in Itapetininga, Brazil. A teacher who intervened was also abused, yet the match was not halted. buff.ly/0tr5I3t