Kyrie Irving offers to pay NFL player's fine as Palestine solidarity defies corporate pressure

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NBA star’s backing of Azeez al-Shaair comes as stars appear increasingly willing to accept financial and professional losses for speaking out on Palestine NBA star Kyrie Irving has offered to pay a fine imposed on Houston Texans linebacker Azeez al-Shaair after the NFL player wore the name of Hind Rajab, the five-year-old Palestinian child killed in Gaza by Israel, across his nose during a game. Shaair was fined $11,492 for displaying what the NFL classed as an unauthorised personal message duri