Olympic fencer Muhammad: ‘My hijab is liberating’
No matter how talented, no matter how rich, no matter how famous, it seems every celebrity who is a member of a minority group has a story or ten about […]
No matter how talented, no matter how rich, no matter how famous, it seems every celebrity who is a member of a minority group has a story or ten about […]
From August 5 to August 21, most of the sports world’s attention will turn to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 2016 Summer Olympics. At their idyllic best, the Olympics […]
Many of Bilal Abdullah‘s days are broken down into a series of numbers. The 18 steps he takes in his approach to the long jump pit. The 18 seconds per […]
Realistically, Ibtihaj Muhammad is more famous for the hijab covering she wears on her head than the sabre she wields in her hand — something she does expertly enough to […]
One Arab Muslim who made history at the biggest tennis tournament in the world and one American Muslim hoping to make history at the biggest overall sporting event in the […]
Some athletes who can jump very high don’t necessarily look the part. NBA star DeAndre Jordan, for example, stands 6-foot-11 and weighs 265 pounds and yet he can lift that […]
Speed, precision and effective strategy with a fencing saber has taken Ibtihaj Muhammad on business trips to bucket-list destinations like London, Paris, Italy and Morocco — and next summer, if […]
To the mainstream American sports audience, mixed martial arts (MMA) has emerged as the combat sport of choice. At any given time of day, you can scroll through the cable […]
During an early-May training session in Dubai, 24-year-old weightlifter Amna Al Haddad was attempting to hoist more than two-thirds of her body weight above her head when one of her […]