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28 September 2018
Indian football is fighting a losing battle to keep its fans
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
"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."
16 July 2018
Are the people from the former Yugoslavia pleased with Croatia's success in the World Cup? Yes.
Croatia's success in the 2018 World Cup inspired numerous fans from all across the Balkans -- defying the historic ethnic-hatred between neighboring nations.
2 July 2018
The ‘future belongs’ to Afghanistan's spinning cricket star Rashid Khan
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
"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
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’
"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
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
"I had volunteers. Many of them!"
17 June 2018
Russians thrilled by World Cup's kick off, despite looming pension and tax reforms
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?
16 May 2018
Nepal’s Kami Rita climbs Mount Everest for a record 22nd time
"Summiting Everest? It's just like another daily chore."
1 May 2018
After a 36-year absence, Peruvians qualify for the World Cup and a trading card frenzy ensues
"For about 25 years, I've collected the Panini album, and it's the first time I paste a card of a Peruvian player."
30 April 2018
At the World Cup in Russia this summer, Central Asia will be supporting Mohamed Salah
"Salah, with his glorious football talent and good behaviour is introducing the real Islam to the world."
20 April 2018
‘Compromising journalism. Compromising a young woman's right to be herself. Compromising the nation.’
A Trinidad & Tobago newspaper is slammed for its "homophobic" coverage of history-making sprinter Michelle Lee Ahye.
12 April 2018
#GirlsOnBikes: Women Ride Bicycles To Reclaim Public Spaces in Pakistan
"We wish to encourage each other to participate in this collective movement to assert our right to navigate public spaces on our own terms."
17 March 2018
What Japan's 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Mascots Say About Attitudes Toward Disability
On a careful reading of its character description you will notice that unlike its Olympic counterpart, the Paralympic mascot is not explicitly described as “athletic”.
7 March 2018
A Record Number of African Athletes Participated in Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games
"A matter of pride for the african continent which doesn’t make light of the difficulties faced by African athletes to get here."
6 March 2018
In Effort to Lift FIFA Ban, Iraq Hosts Saudi Arabia for First Time in Nearly 40 Years
"Iraqis raise the Saudi and Iraqi flags with love unseen in 30 years."
26 February 2018
The Untimely Death of Sports Journalist Daniel Peredo Provokes Outpouring of Grief in Peru
"If [Daniel Peredo] had to wait for 36 years to see Peru in a World Cup, heaven could certainly have waited before taking him. May he rest in peace."
15 February 2018
Hannah Mouncey Becomes First Transgender Player in Australian Women’s State League Football
"I cannot thank the AFL for allowing me to do something that is open to every other Australian and which the science and research has supported all along."
