Muslim athletes celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking end of Ramadan
Each year, the end of Ramadan — Islam’s holy month of fasting, prayer and charity — is marked by Eid al-Fitr, a celebration that can last up to three days […]
Paul Pogba replaces Muhammad Ali on ‘The Muslim 500’
The 2017 edition of “The Muslim 500” — an annual list of the world’s most influential Muslim people compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Jordan — includes […]
Riyad Mahrez named African Footballer of the Year
Riyad Mahrez began his breakout pro soccer season by scoring two goals in one match. He ended the season by helping Leicester City win the club’s first-ever championship in England’s […]
Muslim athletes celebrate Eid al-Fitr on social media
Eid al-Fitr is the annual celebration marking the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. As a convert to Islam who grew up in the U.S., I would […]
Eight sports figures among ‘The Muslim 500’
The 2016 edition of “The Muslim 500,” an annual list of the world’s most influential Muslim men and women compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Jordan, includes […]
Video: Yaya Toure highlights
If you’re as good at soccer as Yaya Toure, a year that is far from your best work still ends with you being named the best player on one continent […]
Video: Brimah Razak’s goalkeeper training
ESPN could have made one of its “30 for 30” documentaries about what happened to Ghana’s national soccer team and goalkeeper Brimah Razak during the first week of February 2015. […]
Muslim athletes celebrate Eid al-Adha on social media
This year’s Hajj — the annual pilgrimage of millions of Muslims to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia — was bookended by a pair of heartbreaking, tragic events […]
Marouane Fellaini has gone ‘from misfit to maestro’
Sports fans are fickle. So is the sports media. And while that’s certainly no industry secret or recent development, it does seem like that fickle behavior has worsened in the […]
Khan’s boxing academy will fight the good fight
Nothing can move you quite like seeing it in person. Almost immediately after the Dec. 16 massacre of a reported 150 people at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan by gunmen […]
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