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When Gangs Killed Gay Men for Sport: Australia Reviews 88 Deaths – New York Times
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The Sports World Must Stand With Muslim Athletes – The Nation.
President Donald Trump signing an executive order barring refugees from entering the US on January 27, 2017. (Reuters / Carlos Barria) Donald Trump’s racist “Muslim ban” comes after a year that represented a triumph of visibility for Muslim athletes. There was Mo Farah, the British distance runner born in Somalia who won two Olympic gold medals in Rio. There was saber fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first Muslim-American woman to wear…
A sport in flux: what does the future hold for rugby union? – The Guardian (blog)
On Friday 13 January, Ian Ritchie, the chief executive of the Rugby Football Union, met the press in the Members Lounge in the West Stand at Twickenham. Ritchie wanted in particular to talk about the three artificial grass pitches the RFU paid to have laid in Aylesbury, Preston, and Weston-super-Mare, the first of a hundred such around the country. In the end he fielded questions about the negotiations over the…
Fantasy Sports Site DraftKings Says It Will Operate in Much of EU – Wall Street Journal
Fantasy-sports company DraftKings Inc., which has faced a series of legal and regulatory challenges in the U.S., said it has received a license that will allow it to operate in much of the European Union. The license from the Malta Gaming Authority gives Boston-based DraftKings the ability to offer its service in EU countries where there aren’t separate regulations governing daily fantasy sports. The company began operating last year…
Soccer, the most international of sports, can’t escape real-world politics in wake of Trump’s executive order – Los Angeles Times
Sports are supposed to offer a relief from politics, except, of course, if the sport in question is soccer. In that case, the sport is impossible to separate from the outside world, as U.S. national team midfielder Sacha Kljestan was reminded Sunday. The U.S. played against Serbia, his father’s homeland. With President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration inspiring protests across the country, Kljestan could only think of his father’s…
Sports world weighs in on Trump immigration policy – USA TODAY
President Donald J. Trump.(Photo: Jasper Colt, USA TODAY) The NBA continues to seek clarification from the U.S. Department of State about how President Trump’s executive order suspending immigration and visas for citizens from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen impacts its players. The order has led to uncertainty and anxiety in the world of sports. More related news USA TODAY NBA asks State Department for clarity on Trump immigration…
Trump’s refugee ban hits Hollywood, sports, tech worlds – USA TODAY
CLOSE x Embed x Share British Olympian Mo Farah is speaking out after President Donald Trump signed a controversial immigration and refugee ban on Friday Time Director Asghar Farhadi attends the Golden Globe Foreign Language Film Symposium Presented by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association & The American Cinematheque, in Hollywood, California, on Jan. 7, 2017.(Photo: Valerie Macon, AFP/Getty Images) Possibly unintended consequences of President Trump’s refugee ban has ensnarled leaders in…
Trump’s refugee ban hits Hollywood, sports, tech worlds – USA TODAY
CLOSE x Embed x Share British Olympian Mo Farah is speaking out after President Donald Trump signed a controversial immigration and refugee ban on Friday Time Director Asghar Farhadi attends the Golden Globe Foreign Language Film Symposium Presented by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association & The American Cinematheque, in Hollywood, California, on Jan. 7, 2017.(Photo: Valerie Macon, AFP/Getty Images) Possibly unintended consequences of President Trump’s refugee ban has ensnarled leaders in…
Trump’s Immigration Order Could Have a Big Impact on Sports – New York Times
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Fifty parting thoughts from the 2017 Australian Open – Sports Illustrated
MELBOURNE – Tennis is a job for a lucky few and a passion for many of us. For the past two weeks, the sport took on a new role: antidote. At a time of unprecedented division and destabilization and discourtesy in so many corners, the 2017 Australian Open zigged where the world zagged. Here was an event that put the sport’s virtues—and, without being too overwrought, humanity’s virtues—on vivid display. …
USMNT captain Bradley attacks Trump as sports world rounds on travel ban – The Guardian
The USA soccer captain, Michael Bradley, has attacked Donald Trump’s executive order, which bans travel to the US from seven Muslim-majority countries. When Trump won the presidential election in November, Bradley said it was important “to give our president support”. However, Trump’s latest decision caused Bradley to speak out in an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl and then on his Instagram page. “A few hours ago ago I gave…
Thunder down under: Federer bests Nadal to win fifth Australian Open, 18th major title – Sports Illustrated
MELBOURNE – Five quick thoughts after Roger Federer beat Rafael Nadal 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to win the 2017 Australian Open men’s singles title, the 18th major of his career. • Like fighters leaving the locker rooms for an assignation of combat, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal took the court to “walk out” music tonight. Roger Federer chose AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck.” Rafael Nadal chose Calvin Harris’ chirping “You Are…
Trump’s Immigration Order Could Have a Big Impact on Sports – The … – New York Times
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Roger Federer outlasts Rafael Nadal in classic Australian Open final – Yahoo Sports
One of the greatest rivalries in tennis history received another chapter Sunday night in Melbourne, Australia, as Roger Federer outlasted Rafael Nadal to win the Australian Open title, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. The win gives Federer his 18th Grand Slam title, the most by a man in the Open era. He had just returned from a six-month break due to a series of injuries. The title is Federer’s first since 2012….
Trump’s Immigration Order Could Have a Big Impact on Sports – New York Times
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Sports Officials Fear Fallout of Trump’s Immigration Order – New York Times
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Jabra Sport Elite review – Digital Trends
Apple may have cast a spotlight on true wireless earbuds with its new AirPods but the concept isn’t new, and other brands have been working hard to do it just as well as the mega brand, or better. Jabra has recently entered the fray with the Sport Elite true wireless earbuds. Taking many of the elements that have served the company’s other wireless headphones well, Jabra’s Sport Elite can handle the…
What does post-Chargers sports coverage look like? – The San Diego Union-Tribune
Are the Chargers dead to you? Or does your fandom have a faint heartbeat? Did the change of geography and logo (and then another logo and then another logo and then a return to the initial logo) do nothing to dampen your devotion? Will you cheer the Bolts as vociferously as ever even though they bolted? Or are you and the Chargers maybe just on a break? Many are grappling…
Saturday Sports: Serena Williams Wins Australian Open – NPR
Serena Williams holds the winner’s trophy following her victory in the women’s singles final in the Australian Open in Melbourne Saturday. Paul Crock/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paul Crock/AFP/Getty Images Serena Williams holds the winner’s trophy following her victory in the women’s singles final in the Australian Open in Melbourne Saturday. Paul Crock/AFP/Getty Images Tennis star Serena Williams has taken her record-setting 23rd Grand Slam singles title with a…
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