YEARENDER-Sport-Black Lives Matter moves from protest to action for athletes


FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Soccer Football - Women - Semifinal - United States v Canada - Ibaraki Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki, Japan - August 2, 2021. Nichelle Prince of Canada takes a knee before the match REUTERS/Mike Segar

(Reuters) - The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement marched on in 2021 but to the beat of a quieter drum as sport moved from protest to action by implementing some of the change athletes helped put in the spotlight.

From tennis courts to soccer pitches and Formula One starting grids athletes took their protests into the living rooms of sports fans around the world in 2020 but this year it was away from the arenas and stadiums and in the boardrooms where BLM attempted to have an impact.

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