Fri 27 October 2023: President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to be in the crowd when the Springboks take on New Zealand, known as the All Blacks, in the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday evening. The much-anticipated showpiece will be held at the Stade de France in Paris. “The President will… travel to Paris to support […]
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Sun 15 October 2023: Countries that exclude athletes from competing for political rea-sons risk harming their plans to host an Olympic Games, the IOC said on Sunday. The “growing politicization of sport” was flagged as a problem by International Olympic Committee member Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, the former president of Croatia, in an update to global sports […]
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Thu 12 October 2023: The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has been suspended with immediate effect for recognising regional sport organisations from four territories annexed from Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said. The IOC added on Thursday that the ROC would not be eligible for any funding after it recognised Olympic Councils from the regions of […]
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Wed 04 October 2023: The growing bedbug crisis, which is now seen as a serious public health issue, has prompted the French government to call for urgent meetings. With reports of infestations aboard trains, the Paris metro, and movie theaters, bedbugs—previously a laughingstock—have evolved into a controversial political issue. Bedbug infestation in Paris, France. pic.twitter.com/TosPmRx51e […]
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Tue 03 October 2023: A renowned American MMA fighter, Amber Leibrock, announced her conversion to Islam and expressed gratitude for her newfound faith in peace and happiness. Thirty-five-year-old converted to Islam in July this year and did not disclose this until recently. Taking to Instagram, Leibrock shared that she has had a “life-changing” few months […]
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Sat 30 September 2023: The International Olympic Committee has ruled that participants in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are free to wear a headscarf known as a hijab in the athletes’ village, just days after France’s sports minister barred it for the host country’s athletes. Although the IOC on Friday removed hijab restrictions in the […]
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Wed 27 September 2023: Algeria has pulled out of the race to host the 2025 and 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) football tournament. The decision by the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) yesterday to inform the Confederation of African Football (CAF) was made one day ahead of the delayed decision to name the country who […]
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Ibtihaj Muhammad is an American sabre fencer and member of the United States fencing team. Wed 27 September 2023: No one has a say in what women should wear, a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) spokeswoman said on Tuesday, weighing in on France’s recent ban on headscarves for athletes in next year’s […]
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Tue 26 September 2023: Ireland’s gymnastics federation has apologised for the allegedly racist treatment of a young Black gymnast who was skipped by an official handing out medals to a row of girls last year. Footage posted on social media last week of an event in Dublin in 2022 showed the official appearing to snub […]
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Tue 19 September 2023: There is a wave of gaiety across the country as India lifted the Asia Cup after five years. Everyone is applauding the performance of Mohammed Siraj, who conjured a magical spell of seam and swing bowling with magnificent figures of 6 for 21. However, on the other side, the Hyderabadi bowler […]
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