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8 February 2019

Former West Indies cricket great: ‘We have to put a lot of things right to sustain that level of play’

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

West Indian cricket fans are longing for a return to their side's glory days, but cricket veteran Deryck Murray says there's still a lot of work to be done.

1 February 2019

Pressure mounts for Thailand to free Melbourne-based Bahraini refugee Hakeem al-Araibi

Written by Kevin Rennie · East Asia

"Australia just gave our highest award to 2 divers for risking their lives to rescue 12 Thai boys from underground caves. We know where Hakeem is. He just needs a...

31 January 2019

Dota 2 stormed Kyrgyzstan's state opera house and left a trail of destruction in its wake

Written by Elita Bakirova · Central Asia & Caucasus

A theatre boss looked to a cybersport tournament to generate much-needed revenue and got sacked for his troubles.

5 December 2018

Trinidad & Tobago court rules Olympian's dreams were killed by ‘biased’ gymnastics federation

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

The whole fiasco had more twists and turns than a gymnastics routine, but many believe Williams' forced withdrawal was illegal and her attorneys have been fighting for justice ever since.

28 September 2018

Indian football is fighting a losing battle to keep its fans

Written by Rohith Jyothish · South Asia

A decent outing for the national team at next year's AFC Asian Cup might help lift some of the gloom surrounding the sport.

3 August 2018

Cricket Australia under fire for sacking female employee over abortion reform tweets

Written by Kevin Rennie · Oceania

"Clearly 1951 rolls on down the corridors of Cricket Australia, a halcyon place where a woman’s place is out the door. It’s not Cricket. It’s institutional misogyny."

27 July 2018

Will a World Cup joke force France to have a necessary conversation about Africa?

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Caribbean

"By calling them an African team it seems you are denying their Frenchness."

2 July 2018

The ‘future belongs’ to Afghanistan's spinning cricket star Rashid Khan

Written by Ezzatullah Mehrdad · Central Asia & Caucasus

Sachin Tendulkar, a retired Indian batsman often viewed as the greatest of all time, says Khan is the best spin bowler in T20I cricket.

1 July 2018

Peru bids untimely farewell to World Cup Russia 2018 with heads high and a smile

Written by Gabriela Garcia Calderon Orbe · Latin America

"Peru is disqualified from this football world cup [...but is] backed by one of the best group of fans ever seen..."

30 June 2018

The dark side of World Cup fun in Russia: Online mobs are bullying women getting ‘too friendly’ with foreigners

Written by RuNet Echo · Eastern & Central Europe

The World Cup euphoria will fade in a few weeks, but hard questions about women's rights in Russia are still lingering, it seems.

26 June 2018

During the World Cup, Mexico gets in trouble when their fans’ chants are called ‘foul’

Written by J. Tadeo · Latin America

"In addition to being considered a homophobic scream, the “EEEEEH P…” could cause serious problems for the Mexican National Team" according to FIFA rules.

25 June 2018

Rising star footballer is among more than a million Uyghurs sent to Chinese ‘re-education’ camps

Written by Guest Contributor · East Asia

More than one million Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang province have been sent to re-education camps to unlearn and correct their religious and political views.

22 June 2018

‘Internet is not for the Tajik language'? A crowdsourced soccer blog marks 10 years

Written by Abdulfattoh Shafiev · Central Asia & Caucasus

"I had volunteers. Many of them!"

17 June 2018

Russians thrilled by World Cup's kick off, despite looming pension and tax reforms

Written by Christopher Moldes · Eastern & Central Europe

With the effect of soft power on display for the rest of the world to see, how have Russians been reacting to the influx of large, eager crowds of foreigners?