Sport.

Soccer Pitches: An Emerging Battleground for Control of Iraq

Read More: Iraq War, Jihad, Islam, Sports, Kenya, Soccer, Nigeria, Somalia, Iraq, Sport, War in Iraq,
Islamists, Nigeria Boko Haram, World News
Iraqi soccer pitches have emerged as an alternative battleground in the struggle for control of Iraq
between the Islamic State, the jihadist group that controls chunks of northern Iraq, and embattled
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
Qatari Labor Report Offers Solutions But Is Unlikely to Reduce Pressure on World Cup Host
A long-awaited Qatar Foundation report recommends a radical overhaul of the labor recruitment
system in Asian labor exporting countries as well as the Gulf state that expects to host the 2022
World Cup. The report, however, stops short of calling for the abolition of Qatar's widely criticized
kafala or sponsorship system.
Islamic State Urges FIFA to Deprive Qatar of the World
Cup
Read More: Jihadists, Islam, Jihad, Islamic Radicalism,
Iraq Violence, Soccer, Islamisme, Qatar World Cup,
Islamic Extremists, Syria Crisis, Iraq, Qatar, Sport,
Syria, Islamists, World News
A purported letter by the Islamic State, the jihadist group that controls chunks of Syria and Iraq, has
warned world soccer body FIFA not to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, reviving concerns first
raised in a FIFA security assessment warning two weeks before it was awarded the tournament.
5 Most Unbreakable and Impressive MLB Records
Read More: New York Yankees, Debate, Brew-Pub, Baseball, Mlb, World Records, Ty Cobb, Rickey
Henderson, Sports, New York Sports, Nolan Ryan, Sport, Sports News
145 years for baseball's legends, and underdogs, to set the most unbelievable and unbreakable
records in their sport. Let's take a look at some of the best.
Israeli Investigation Into Murder of Palestinian Focuses on Jerusalem Soccer Fan Group
Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlements, Racisme, Israel-Palestine,
Soccer, Racism in Football, Racism, Palestinians, Israel, Sport, Israel Palestine, Arab-Israeli Conflict,
World News
The refusal by the IFA and government to stand up to the group's blatant racism reflects the
ambiguity of a society that long yearned for peace, increasingly grown frustrated at how beyond
grasp it seemed to be, and finally concluded that peace no longer was essential to its survival.
MLB Midseason Awards: See Which Stars Take Home the Baseball's Most Prestigious Awards
Read More: New York Yankees, Statistics, Clayton Kershaw, Baseball, Mlb, Mike Trout, Mvp,
Yankees, Adam Wainwright, Sports, Cy Young Award, Masahiro Tanaka, Los Angeles Dodgers,
Prediction, Sport, Rookie of the Year, Teen News
Yes, I know we have of the games left in the 2014 MLB regular season. But still, somebody has to
predict who will taking home baseball's biggest awards by season's end (and who'd deserve these
awards if the season ended today).
Squaring Soccer with Islam
Read More: Fifa World Cup, Brazil World Cup, Islam, Women's Rights, Women, Sports, Women's
Issues, World Cup, Saudi Arabia, Soccer, Qatar World Cup, 2014 World Cup, Qatar, Sport, Islamists,
Sports News
Concern that the World Cup could lead to violations of Saudi Arabia's strict gender rules prompted
authorities in the province of Mecca, home to Islam's holiest city, to remove public television screens
to prevent men and women from mixing.
Middle East Fights Propaganda Wars on World Cup Sidelines
Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Fifa World Cup, Brazil
World Cup, Sport Algerie, Algeria, World Cup, Israel-Palestine, Iran Sanctions, Palestinians, Iran,
2014 World Cup, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Algerie, Palestinian Authority, Isral,
Sports, World Cup 2014, Islamic Republic of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Soccer, Israel, Iran Nuclear
Program, Sport, Israel Palestine, Algrie, World News
This year's World Cup is not just about soccer -- at least not as far as the Middle East and North
Africa is concerned.
The World Cup and World Civilization
A number of the world's religious leaders addressed letters of greeting, and the thoughts they
expressed are interesting to contemplate in parallel with the excitement on the field of play.
World Cup Sparks Islamist Debate on Rectitude of Soccer
Read More: Jihadists, Islam, Jihad, Sports, Syria Civil War, World Cup, Saudi Arabia, Soccer, Syria
Crisis, Syria Violence, Sport, Syria, Syria Conflict, Politics News
Ultra-conservative clerics are condemning soccer as a Jewish and Christian tool to undermine
Islamic culture as millions of Muslims across the globe t...
Global Watch: a red card to racism in sport
In early June, as many of the world's great national teams and players were warming up for the
carnival that is World Cup 2014, another sporting summi...
Get in the Game: Local Sports to Try (PHOTOS)
As a way of getting guests involved -- and moving -- hotels are beginning to emphasize the national
sports and pastimes of their locations.
How the Psychology of Performance Really Works
Read More: Success, Competition, Pressure, Psychology, Dance, Excellence, Business, Music, Sport,
Medicine, Mind, Performance, Healthy Living News
A fundamental question I have been exploring in the 30 years that I have been working in the field of
performance psychology is: What does it take to ...
Coming Clean: Pressure Mounts for Qatari Transparency and Proper FIFA Investigation
Fresh allegations by a British Sunday paper of Qatari wrongdoing in its successful bid to clinch the
hosting of the 2022 World Cup have increased pres...
Qatar Corruption Allegations: A Potential Massive Governance, Geo-political and Social Fall-out
A disclosure by British weekly, The Sunday Times, of
millions of documents allegedly revealing massive Qatari
vote buying in the Gulf state's successful bid to host the
2022 World Cup could return the worst corruption crisis
in global soccer governance to the top of the agenda.
World Cup, Forced Labor and Trafficking: Learn More
and Make a Difference
Read More: Women, Sports, Trafficking, Human Rights, Youth, Impact News, Modern Slavery, World
Cup, Supply Chain, Forced Labour, Forced Labor, Sport, Human Trafficking, Impact Sports, Impact
News
Let's talk about what we, as soccer fans around the world, can do to make some noise about labor
rights and abuse of the very workers who make events like the World Cup and Olympics possible.
Is Sport Hunting a Sin?
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Canned Hunting, Saint Francis, Abrahamic Faiths, Kosher, Religion, Hinduism, Saint Francis of
Assisi, Hunting, Halal, Christianity, Buddhism, Indigenous, Sport, Islamic Law, Religion News
Our treatment of animals may in the future help shape relationships between peoples as much as
with such creatures. Religion and culture may play role...
The World's Most Extreme Sports Competitions
Far and wide, you'll find athletes in peak physical condition battling the elements and testing their
own limits as they compete to be named the fastest, strongest, bravest -- and perhaps the craziest.
Women in Business Q&A: Kathy Kinane, Kinane Events
Read More: Kinane Events, Michelle Obama, Mentoring, Kathy Kinane, Sheryl Sandberg, Women in
Business, Business News, Billie Jean King, Sport, Hillary Clinton, Business News
Voted Race Director of the year by Competitor Magazine in 1999 and top 25 people making a
difference in Orange County by OC Metro in 2000, Kathy Kinan...
Power of Sport to Inform, Empower and Transform
In August 2013 the United Nations declared that April 6 will now be recognized as the International
Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP). ...
Polo: An Argentine Legacy (VIDEO)
To some people, Polo might be all about fast-paced horse riding, beautiful women and sunny
afternoons on the field with a glass of champagne. But lo...
Turkish Coccer Politics: A Mesh of Murky Politics and Alleged Corruption
Few doubt the corruption allegations or the fact that match fixing is a fixture of Turkish soccer, but
many Turks question the integrity of the legal process and the evidence and believe that the timing
of both scandals was highly political.
WTF Is Tower Running?
Stairclimbers be damned! The enthusiasts of this sport don't f*ck with that stationary bullshit.
Instead, they take their fancy footwork up to the tallest towers in the world.
Trade Union Call for a Freeze on Kafala Puts Qatar to the Test
Qatar has been fighting an uphill battle to limit substantial damage to its reputation in the wake of
its winning in 2010 of the right to host the 2022 World Cup as a result of criticism of the working
and living conditions of its foreign workers.
Jake 'The Snake' Roberts Has Cancer
Jake "The Snake" Roberts has a cancerous tumor behind his knee ... and the wrestler says it's slowly
growing into his muscle -- so he needs emergency ...