International Sports
Credit: CC0 Public Domain On BBC Sport, Match of the Day pundits Ian Wright and Alan Shearer recently had a conversation about racism in football. Shearer, the white ex-England international striker asked his black ex-teammate Wright: “Do you believe a black guy gets treated differently to a white guy?” Wright’s response was unequivocal: “Without a […]
5 July 2016 Two officers responded to reports of a man threatening people with a gun outside a grocery shop in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At first, they used non-lethal methods (including a stun gun) to subdue Alton Sterling, who was selling CDs. He was then shot dead as he tried to pull a loaded gun […]
Lee Evans, the Black American runner who won two gold medals at the racially charged 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City and at a presentation ceremony wore a Black Panther-style beret and raised his fist to protest racism in the United States, died on Wednesday. He was 74. His death was announced by USA […]
The main event of the United States Open on Saturday will be Serena Williams playing Sloane Stephens: a third-round duel between Williams, the greatest women’s tennis player of her era, and Stephens, the last American to win a U.S. Open singles title. It will be their first match in more than five years, and although […]
For better or worse, the Tokyo Olympics are finally here. And that means an extraordinary burden will fall again on the shoulders of a single group of athletes: Black women. Simone Biles is one of the most brilliant talents at the Games. But if recent history holds and she tries her most stunning moves in […]
As Black History Month progresses, appreciating the contributions and change-making of Black people in all aspects of our society must be a priority. Black History Month gives people the opportunity to reflect on American history through a different lens and fully acknowledge how Black people have shaped America’s present. In the sports world, there has […]
CNN — Omie Dale has fond memories of splashing in the sea as a child, of racing through water parks and swimming in backwaters and rivers. “There’s so much joy that can be had once you learn to swim, once you’ve abandoned those fears and you can get in the water,” the 25-year-old Dale, who […]
<![CDATA[<![CDATA[<![CDATA[]]]]]]>]]]]>]]> Courtesy of Monique Nelson Sports Illustrated and Empower Onyx are putting the spotlight on the diverse journeys of Black women across sports—from the veteran athletes, to up-and-coming stars, coaches, executives and more—in the series, Elle-evate: 100 Influential Black Women in Sports. Monique Nelson has made her life’s work looking out for other people. As […]
We are black athletes and coaches. Several of us are well known to the public, others less so. We have been working hard, training hard, and representing Canada around the world, some of us for more than a decade. In the face of the planetary awakening which has recently brought racism at the forefront of […]
The South African runner Caster Semenya, a two-time Olympian and a celebrity in international sports, has spent years challenging proposed limits on female athletes. She has been fiercely defended and lauded in South Africa, and was awarded the Order of Ikhamanga, a recognition of significant achievement, by President Jacob Zuma in 2014. The proclamation said […]