Pogba makes Owen’s All-World Cup team
French midfielder Paul Pogba wasn’t able to help his team advance to Sunday’s World Cup title match, but the 21-year-old rising superstar was impressive enough in Brazil to spark a […]
Demba Ba could be the centerpiece for rebuilding QPR
Last week, 60 pro basketball and pro hockey franchises officially put last season in the past and began moving forward by taking part in the NBA and NHL drafts. For […]
Algeria’s World Cup team faces Ramadan before Germany
Going into the biggest soccer match in their country’s history, each of the Muslim players on Algeria’s national team faces a big decision. On Monday, Algeria faces Germany in a […]
Ramadan’s impact on the World Cup
Starting this weekend, more than one billion Muslims around the world will begin a month-long period of fasting, spiritual reflection and religious study known as Ramadan. In Brazil, that includes […]
Bacary Sagna says Man City move not about money
As sports fans and media, too often we are guilty of forgetting that athletes are real people and not trading cards come to life, motivated by nothing more than money […]
Benzema in the running for World Cup’s top honor
As teams start to drop out of contention in the group stage and the World Cup championship picture begins to take shape, the competition for the coveted Golden Boot — […]
CAIR requests FIBA change its anti-hijab rule
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, has stepped to the forefront of the growing movement to pressure the […]
Mo Farah: World Cup soccer star?
With the World Cup underway, it seems everybody in the sports world has soccer on the brain. Over at Athletics Weekly, a British track and field publication, writer Jason Henderson […]
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Hasim Rahman upset in Super 8 first round http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/sport/10120055/Hasim-Rahman-out-in-first-round-of-Super-8 The 41-year-old former heavyweight champion, a Muslim from Baltimore, was the marquee name in Thursday’s one-night boxing tournament showcase held in […]
Is Thabeet part of OKC’s championship plan?
For the fourth postseason in a row, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s run at an NBA championship came up painfully short of the finish line in 2014. And now reality is […]
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