By Paul MacInnes With six months until Senegal take on the Netherlands at the Al Thumama Stadium in the opening game, uncertainty hangs over the World Cup in Qatar. It extends beyond fears over human…
Greg Norman, the face of a controversial breakaway Saudi golf tournament, has downplayed the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying: “We’ve all made mistakes.” The Australian long-time former world number one is spearheading the Saudi-backed…
Israel may attempt to ban its citizens from travelling to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup, citing security concerns, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. According to the Israel Hayom newspaper, Israel’s National Security Council will…
Aykut Demir says he didn’t wear T-Shirt message because similar solidarity was not shown to “thousands who die in the Middle East”, writes Rayhan Uddin A Turkish footballer refused to wear an anti-war T-shirt condemning…
The families of three Kashmiri students, who have spent more than three months in jail for celebrating the Pakistan cricket team’s win over India, have appealed for their release. Arsheed Yousuf, Inayat Altaf and Showkat…
A Saudi man has done the unthinkable – he is the only man from a desert country to qualify as a skier for the Beijing Winter Olympics after only seven months’ training and during a…
The reason given was that ‘headscarves can put at risk the safety of athletes wearing them’ according to a report on Al Jazeera. The French Senate has voted in favour of banning the wearing of…
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), after orchestrating the evacuation of about 300 members of the Afghan sports community, has announced $560,000 (about R8,5-million) of aid for the winter to those left behind. “Thanks to our…
Former cricketer Azeem Rafiq has told a British parliamentary inquiry that he was “humiliated” by the racist abuse he suffered at Yorkshire cricket club. In more than an hour of testimony on Tuesday, Rafiq, who…
South African cricket star Quinton de Kock has apologised for refusing to play in a Twenty20 World Cup match in Abu Dhabi after players were ordered to take the knee ahead of the game, and…