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 […]
Benzema: Best in the world?
The college football season is going strong and the NBA season is just starting, which means a lot of today and tomorrow’s sports debates are going to be variations of […]
Karim Benzema in line to replace Luis Suarez?
Karim Benzema was already an established international soccer star before the World Cup, having helped Real Madrid (Spain) to UEFA Champions League and Copa del Rey championships. But his performance […]
Ramadan’s impact on the World Cup
Starting this weekend, more than one billion Muslims around the world will begin a month-long period of fasting, spiritual reflection and religious study known as Ramadan. In Brazil, that includes […]
Benzema in the running for World Cup’s top honor
As teams start to drop out of contention in the group stage and the World Cup championship picture begins to take shape, the competition for the coveted Golden Boot — […]
Reports: Franck Ribery to miss World Cup
French soccer star Franck Ribery, whose long list of accomplishments includes a 2013 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award and being named 2013 Muslim Athlete of the Year by Taqwa […]
Paul Pogba could be the World Cup’s breakout star
At 21 years old, Paul Pogba is still operating in that intriguing space between his athletic potential and his prime, testing the limits of his actual production versus our wild […]
Ummah Sports news update
Hedo Turkoglu, Clippers silently protest owner’s racism http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/clippers-protest-owners-alleged-racist-remarks/story?id=23491099 In response to racist comments made recently by team owner Donald Sterling, every player on the Los Angeles Clippers — including Turkish […]
Report: Real Madrid ready to sell Karim Benzema
If, as an American sports fan, you think NBA and MLB offseason player movement is full of drama and intrigue, you should know that our leagues have nothing on international […]
Karim Benzema helps Real Madrid win Copa del Rey
Home to the reigning FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Cup champions, it can be argued that Spain is the soccer capital of the world right now. (Although Brazil can […]
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