List of Sports articles
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GettyImages-695381402 Warriors’ Championship Cheers Hearts in Faraway Georgia
Tbilisi is thrilled Zaza Pachulia and his supporting cast won an NBA title.
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27112016IndiaB-USA-AN126 In the Kingdom of Dying Ponies
Polo, the sport of kings, hails from the forgotten, violent state of Manipur, India. Can anyone save its endangered, fabled horses?
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iceland crop Iceland’s Historic Baby Boom Comes Nine Months After Surprise Euro Cup 2016 Win
Feel free to do the math.
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innovations Innovations: How Taking Mug Shots of Fish Can Save the Species
A database of fish faces, electrode-outfitted headphones, and a new twist on the tourniquet.
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baseball Is Trump Making Appointments Based on Baseball Films?
Let's play ball with this theory.
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lebron Some American Athletes Refusing to Play on Trump’s Team
They shoot, they score, they — move to Sweden?
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pyongyong-cropped How Two Australians Tricked North Korea Into Giving Them a Free Round of Golf in Pyongyang
Two pranksters jokingly signed up for a North Korean golf tournament. When government officials there approved, they just went with it.
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gettyimages-619221810 Washington Redskins Fumble the Transatlantic Relationship
A spokesman for the Washington Redskins pushed away a German reporter asking about a missed kick after a game in London.
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Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American imprisoned in Iran since 2015, on a visit to San Francisco in 2006. (Free Siamak and Baquer Namazi Facebook) Muhammad Ali’s Wife Calls for ‘Islamic Mercy’ for Imprisoned Iranian-Americans
With the Obama administration’s negotiating hands tied, supporters appeal to the compassionate side of the Iranian regime.
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Iran's supporters celerbate their opening goal during the 2018 World Cup qualifying football match between Iran and South Korea at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran on October 11, 2016. / AFP / ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) Iran to Soccer Fans: Dress in Mourning for World Cup Qualifier Against Korea
When an a World Cup qualifier match lined up with a Shia holiday, Iranian officials agreed to a work-around.
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CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - JUNE 17: Teams and Officials Say No To Racism during the FIFA U-20 World Cup Semi Final match between Brazil and Senegal at Christchurch Stadium on June 17, 2015 in Christchurch, New Zealand. (Photo by Jamie McDonald - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images) FIFA Dismantled Its Anti-Racism Task Force And Says Its Work Is Done
Despite calls for it to remain intact, FIFA has dismantled its anti-racism task force.
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Ethiopia's Feyisa Lilesa crosses the finish line of the men's marathon event at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 21, 2016. (Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images) Ethiopian PM Blames Olympic Protest on U.S.-Based Dissenters
In interviews with FP, top Ethiopian officials said that Feyisa Lilesa should not fear for his safety, but that an independent human rights rapporteur will not be allowed into the country.
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SANTA CLARA, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: Colin Kaepernick #7 and Eric Reid #35 of the San Francisco 49ers kneel in protest during the national anthem prior to playing the Los Angeles Rams in their NFL game at Levi's Stadium on September 12, 2016 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) Colin Kaepernick Is Lucky He’s Not Japanese
National anthems have always inspired dissenters — but some countries treat their refuseniks better than others.
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Ethiopia's Feyisa Lilesa crossed his arms above his head at the finish line of the Men's Marathon athletics event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Sambodromo in Rio de Janeiro on August 21, 2016. Lilesa crossed his arms above his head as he finished the race as a protest against the Ethiopian government's crackdown on political dissent. / AFP / OLIVIER MORIN (Photo credit should read OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images) Congressmen Point to Protesting Ethiopian Olympic Runner as Victim in Fight for Freedom
U.S. congressmen are introducing legislation to protect Ethiopian civilians like the Olympic marathoner who raised his hands in an X as he crossed the finish-line in Rio.
