Yaya Sanogo scores a hat trick, plus one
American football fans, as eager as they may be for NFL action come early-August, know well enough that what happens in the preseason isn’t a promise of what’s to come […]
Video: Suz Member talks about training during Ramadan
Firefighter by day, professional boxer by night, British welterweight Suz Member did a radio interview toward the end of Ramadan in which, among other things, he talked about how he […]
Barshim vs. Bondarenko: Historic high jump showdown
At the adidas Grand Prix on June 14 in New York, Ukraine’s Bohdan Bondarenko and Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim engaged in what has been called the greatest 1-on-1 high jump […]
World Cup Dawah: Soccer fan takes shahada in Brazil
The Islamic Education and Research Academy, along with Mission Dawah, are in Brazil during the World Cup spreading the world of Islam ahead of Global Dawah Day on July 5. […]
‘Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant would love Islam’
In a recent episode of “The Deen Show,” a conversation with Imam Abu Taubah about polygyny in Islam evoked references to Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant, two megastar athletes whose […]
High school soccer team wears hijab to support Muslim teammate
Soccer’s international governing body, FIFA, lifted a longtime ban on headscarves on March 1 of this year, opening the door for Muslim women to wear hijab on the pitch. Apparently […]
Watch Omer Asik’s 2013-14 highlight reel
When the Rockets signed Dwight Howard in last summer’s biggest NBA free-agency move, Omer Asik was probably the least excited person in Houston. After starting every game at center for […]
VIDEO: Muslim martial arts
At the Islamic Boarding School of Barid Al Munawwarah in Indonesia, when students are not memorizing the Quran, studying the religion and performing dawah to the public, they are training […]
Catching up with Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
During an era that some boxing fans consider the most competitive in the history of the light-heavyweight division, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad racked up a professional record of 50-8-1 (39 KOs) […]
Video: Female Muslim Athletes Paving the Way
This clip from TIME magazine highlights a handful of accomplished Musliminah athletes in tennis, figure skating, MMA, basketball, fencing and triathlon.
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