Muslim medal winners at the year’s biggest track meet
Track and field’s most prominent stages have been on shaky ground for the last few years. And that’s not just because the sport lost its biggest superstar when Jamaican sprint […]
18 Muslim athletes to watch in 2018
The FIFA World Cup returns in 2018 to capture the attention of serious and casual sports fans around the globe. Soccer’s premier showcase is probably the second-biggest sporting event in […]
Mutaz Essa Barshim named IAAF Male Athlete of the Year
It would be too easy to write something in this space about Mutaz Essa Barshim scaling new heights in 2017, or leaping into the next stratosphere of his sport, or […]
Muslim medal winners at the IAAF track and field world championships
As much as the 2017 IAAF World Championships of track and field were about bidding farewell to a pair of legends, it was also about introducing some fresh faces that […]
17 Muslim athletes to watch in 2017
For all the victories that were achieved across a wide swath of athletic endeavors, the Muslim sports community suffered one tremendous loss in 2016. On June 3, three-time world heavyweight […]
Muslim athletes to watch at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Think about the typical advertising campaign for the Olympic Games. More often than not, the focus is on finishing: Sticking the landing, crossing the finish line, scoring the gold-medal-winning goal, […]
Olympic gold, world record within reach for high-flying Barshim
Some athletes who can jump very high don’t necessarily look the part. NBA star DeAndre Jordan, for example, stands 6-foot-11 and weighs 265 pounds and yet he can lift that […]
10 Muslims to watch at the IAAF World Championships
Despite the fame and accomplishments of Muslim athletes like Muhammad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Mesut Ozil, to name a few, there is still a surprisingly high percentage of both Muslims […]
Barshim vs. Bondarenko: Historic high jump showdown
At the adidas Grand Prix on June 14 in New York, Ukraine’s Bohdan Bondarenko and Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim engaged in what has been called the greatest 1-on-1 high jump […]
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