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An Ode On Gestures

In July, the German publication Sport Bild gave Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and TSG Hoffenheim owner Dietmar Hopp their “Gesture of the Year” award for “standing side by side against hate”. Rummenigge and Hopp were standing up against the Bayern ultras who were protesting against Hopp’s for his three-year ban of Borussia Dortmund’s fans from TSG Hoffenheim’s ground. The award was met with widespread ridicule, given that it was made at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests, when black footballers around the world were making gestures of a far greater scale and significance. Jonathan Harding, the football writer, broadcaster and author of the brilliant Mensch: Beyond The Cones, addresses this award below in his “Ode to Gestures”.

WordsJonathan Harding4 August 2020Racism, Borussia Moenchengladbach, Gladbach, Marcus Thuram, Marco Rose, Jadon Sancho, Bundesliga, Bayern, Bayern Munich, Jonathan Harding

Marcus Thuram does his dad proud

In making a stand - or, more accurately, by taking a knee - against institutiuonal racism, Marcus Thuram made a gesture of which his father Lilian must surely be proud. Musa Okwonga examines some of the wider implications of Thuram's moment of on-field activism.

WordsMusa Okwonga3 June 2020Musa Okwonga, Racism, Borussia Moenchengladbach, Gladbach, Marcus Thuram, Marco Rose, Jadon Sancho, Bundesliga