These Are a Few of My Favorite Sports
Toward the end of this year’s NCAA basketball tournaments, there were too many sports going on for me to keep up. College basketball was crowning its champions, while Major League […]
Seven Muslim players make ESPN’s FC 100 list
ESPN recently unveiled its annual FC 100 list, a categorized ranking of the best men’s soccer players and managers in the world. Instead of a straight 1-to-100 ranking regardless of […]
Is Saudi Arabia’s sports takeover triggering more Islamophobia?
The sentiment is clear: American sports fans do not like Saudi Arabia’s growing involvement with their pro sports. The reasons are less clear: It may or may not have everything […]
Muslim trio among highest-paid soccer players
Arguably the biggest and most important sporting event on planet Earth kicks off next month. With all due respect to the Olympics and the Super Bowl, the men’s FIFA World […]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic targeted with anti-Muslim slurs
A fan of Serbian pro soccer team Red Star hurled anti-Muslim slurs at AC Milan (Italy) star Zlatan Ibrahimovic during a match on Feb. 19. The Red Star organization issued […]
Muslim soccer referee Jawahir Roble is making history
From basketball and boxing, to tennis and truck racing, women’s sports are still by and large in a development phase in terms of maintaining a cultural footprint with the mainstream […]
Soccer star Paul Pogba talks about his conversion to Islam
Paul Pogba isn’t just one of the best soccer players in the world. He is one of the best athletes in the world across all sports. While the 26-year-old has […]
What does Islam say about sportsmanship?
It’s the kind of story seen most often in high school sports, but this week made its way to the highest level of women’s soccer. It involves two mismatched teams, […]
Muslim soccer stars featured on world’s top 100 list
The international soccer magazine FourFourTwo unveiled its annual list of the world’s top 100 players, and more than a few Muslim stars made the cut. The highest-ranking of the group […]
Mahrez Named African Footballer of the Year
Riyad Mahrez began his breakout pro soccer season by scoring two goals in one match. He ended the season by helping Leicester City win the club’s first-ever championship in England’s […]
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