International Sports

Black sports history from the year you were born For more than 100 years, Black athletes have shaped the course of American sports. In the early 20th century, it was much harder for Black athletes to make an impact in their respective fields, but there were plenty of trailblazers, nonetheless. The Negro Leagues provided an […]

Of the 130 universities that play major college football, only one — Iowa State — has a stadium named after an African-American person. The namesake is Jack Trice, Iowa State’s first Black athlete. Mr. Trice played tackle on the football team at Iowa State in the 1920s. And he majored in animal husbandry with the […]

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By Oliver Salt For Dailymail.Com 18:38 07 Feb 2024, updated 19:11 07 Feb 2024 Share or comment on this article: Holden Armenta found himself at the center of a racism storm in November The young Chiefs fan was accused of blackface for wearing face paint at a game DailyMail.com provides . . .

President Trump’s outbursts against professional athletes protesting racial injustice and the defiant response of N.F.L. teams on Sunday brought a renewed focus on political demonstrations during the national anthem at sports events. Such acts of protest, often by black athletes and carried out recently by quarterback Colin . . .

The International Olympic Committee has asked all sports to ban Russian and Belarussian athletes and teams from international competitions. The IOC said it made the decision “in order to protect the integrity of global sports competitions and for the safety of all the participants”. The body also urged federations to ensure that no athlete or […]

Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 01:40 | By Some of the officials during the announcement. PHOTO/NOC-K Kenya’s ascent as a powerhouse in world sports assumed new heights after the East African country was announced as host of the 40th Secretaries General Seminar for Members of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the […]

Notwithstanding India’s enduring love for cricket, sports in general is often a force in itself: be it the competitiveness that divides people over longstanding rivalries, or the highs and lows of a game that unites millions of people. Sports also have a political dimension, and politicians have long used it to further causes dear to […]

By Robert IsenbergFeatures correspondent Randy Duchaine/Alamy(Credit: Randy Duchaine/Alamy) He shattered world records abroad but was shunned at home. Now, the greatest athlete you’ve never heard of could receive the US’ highest civilian honour. On the wall of a tiny one-room museum in Worcester, Massachusetts, there’s a black-and-white photo taken in 1901 of a man hunched […]

As one of the best tennis players in history (Billie Jean King once called her “the greatest singles, doubles, and mixed doubles player who ever lived”), legend Martina Navratilova made an outsize impact on the sport. The Czech-born International Tennis Hall . . .