Sportshour

Derek Chauvin murder conviction: US sport reacts

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Former WNBA player Tamara Moore tells us about her relief and hope for the future after a US jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of George Floyd’s murder this week. Chauvin was filmed kneeling on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes during his arrest on a street in Minneapolis last year and his death sparked Black Lives Matter protests across the globe. Moore, who is from Minneapolis and coaches men’s college basketball at Mesabi Range College in Virginia, Minnesota, watched the verdict come in alongside her players. We look at how plans for a proposed European Super League – which was set to include many of the continents biggest football teams – fell apart in just 72 chaotic hours this week. The BBC’s John Bennett explains what happened and we’ll be in Germany to find out why Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund had no interest in joining the breakaway. Chris Carline – who is the grandson of the legendary former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly – explains why his famil