International Sports
The issue of underrepresentation within the industry’s boardrooms and executive suites is damning given the contribution made in many sports by Black athletes. Wafula Strike is the only Black board member among major sports in the UK representing UK Athletics and only 3% of board members identify as Black across the 130 Sport England and […]
Sports in Africa traces its origins far back in history, and the continent is now widely recognized globally for its excellence in various sporting fields. Africa has become a bedrock of vibrant sporting talent that cuts across various disciplines. Sports is widely respected across the continent because it brings people together irrespective of their culture […]
sports, physical contests pursued for the goals and challenges they entail. Sports are part of every culture past and present, but each culture has its own definition of sports. The most useful definitions are those that clarify the relationship of sports to play, games, and contests. “Play,” wrote the German theorist Carl . . .
Editor’s Note: Harry Edwards, a sociologist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, is the author of “The Revolt of the Black Athlete,” about Black activism on the . . .
In most of these sports, racial barriers had long denied African American athletes full participation, forcing them to compete in often-segregated leagues that offered less money and visibility than the pros. Both Major League Baseball and the National Football League had so-called gentlemen’s agreements, unwritten rules among owners to not pursue Black players. The PGA […]
By Antonio Ray HarveyCalifornia Black Media The California Hawaii State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (CA/HI NAACP) held its 11th annual Legacy Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The event took place on June 24 at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Sacramento. At the event, the NAACP paid tribute to 1968 […]
Nationwide — The Global Sports World Cup Forum, hosted on the final day of Black History Month at the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs, was an undeniable triumph, earning 10-star reviews from Atlanta’s top leaders, influencers, and stakeholders. Organized by the Global Sports Initiative and World Cup Team of the Atlanta Black Chambers, this invite-only […]
Alice Kemp-Habib Features correspondent Getty Images Skiing has always been an overwhelmingly white sport, but that may soon change (Credit: Getty Images) People of colour have been historically excluded from the sport, but now, a series of Black-run organisations around the world are hoping to change that. In early 2023, a coach full of skiers […]
The N.F.L. will allow players to display messages of social justice on their helmets and will stencil the slogans “It Takes All of Us” and “End Racism” on the end zones at every field as part of an effort to show solidarity with the protest movements against racism and police brutality, league officials said. As […]
Annet Negesa, a middle-distance runner from Uganda, does not know when she first caught the attention of athletics officials, but the testing began in 2011. First, in May, there was a routine urine doping test at the African Junior Championships in Botswana. In August, when she reached the semi-finals at the World Championships in South […]