NFL chief 'proud' of American football stars' defiant response to Donald Trump

Trump posted a series of tweets today, in which he insisted "the issue of kneeling has nothing do with race".

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was "proud" to see the league's players deliver a defiant message to United States president Donald Trump on Sunday with protests during the American anthem.

On Friday Trump described players who had knelt or raised fists for the Star-Spangled Banner over perceived racial injustice as "sons of b******" and suggested they should be fired by team owners.