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EXCLUSIVE: Premier League players will take the knee this weekend to back No Room For Racism campaign, after ditching the gesture before every game at the start of the season

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Premier League footballers will take the knee this weekend as part of the No Room For Racism campaign.

Top-flight officials will launch the anti-discriminatory initiative this weekend and will last for the next two round of fixtures.

And players will reconvene taking the knee before every fixture during the No Room For Racism campaign.

Premier League players will take the knee ahead of their matches this weekend

The gesture became a staple of English football for two years as players sought to show their support for equality following the sickening death of George Floyd in the USA due to police brutality.

But following meetings in the summer, the players decided to stop taking the knee before every game - instead undertaking the gesture on certain occasions in the season.