Olympic
You might know Khelif from her 46 second bout with Italian boxer, Angela Carini. This was an emotional fight for Khelif as it stirred up quite a commotion followed by days of sharp scrutiny and online abuse as misconceptions about her gender exploded into a larger clash […]
Since the beginning of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Snoop Dogg has been everywhere showing his support for athletes and in many sports as well. He has been dubbed an unofficial mascot of the Olympics and has been described by many as a man who looks like “a proud dad”. With every sport, he has a […]
History was made today when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to create Olympic Esports Games. The first edition will be held in 2025 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The 142nd IOC Session in Paris endorsed the proposal by the IOC Executive Board (EB) unanimously. For the organisation of the Games, the IOC has partnered with the […]
Snoop Dogg has agreed to become an Olympic torch bearer. The hip-hop star recalled an emotional, iconic moment watching Muhammad Ali light the cauldron at the 1996 Atlanta Games. He hopes to recreate some of that magic for the global audience that will be watching the Paris Olympics. “It […]
Last September, as the celebration picked up steam inside a cramped South Sudanese locker room in Araneta Coliseum in Manila, Luol Deng paused to reflect on surrealness of it all. How Deng, a 15-season NBA veteran, had come to spend the last four years in a new role: president of the South Sudan Basketball Federation. […]