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Stories about Sport from April, 2009

25 April 2009

Mexico: Cancellation of Important Football Matches Due to Swine Flu

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

23 April 2009

India: The Fake IPL Blogger

Written by Rezwan · Quick Reads · South Asia

Kazakhstan: Cadres decide everything

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

“Cadres decide everything” – this expression of Josef Stalin is widely quoted by the Kazakhstanis when they discuss new appointments in the government, which usually doesn't feature much new faces,...

22 April 2009

Cuba: National Football Team to Skip Gold Cup

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

20 April 2009

Saudi Arabia: Support for fatwa prohibiting “immoral” women's sports clubs

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

Kazakhstan: Team Astana in Trouble

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

17 April 2009

Bahrain: Sunni v. Shi'i Basketball

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Quick Reads · Middle East & North Africa

10 April 2009

Japan: Chalk Drawing of Ichiro Suzuki

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · Quick Reads · East Asia

5 April 2009

Korea: Soccer Game between Korea and Korea.

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

For the 2010 World Cup of South Africa, there was a preliminary game in South Korea. The appointed teams were North Korea and South Korea. After the game, bloggers share...

Kazakhstan: Denis Ten’s brilliant debut

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

Bolivia: Unlikely and Historic 6-1 Win Over Argentina

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

With head coach Diego Maradona and his squad of superstars in La Paz to face Bolivia in a World Cup qualifying football match, it was expected to be another easy...

4 April 2009

Japan: Tokyo Marathon 2009

Written by Tomomi Sasaki · East Asia

Tokyo Marathon 2009, the largest marathon event in Japan, was held on March 22nd. It felt like everyone in Tokyo knew someone who was competing or had wanted to, and...