It has been more than month since the Court of Arbitration for Sports affirmed that the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) used altered, falsified and […]
Category: OPINION
Selective outrage in sports
Three Singaporean fin-swimming coaches face a prison sentence and a fine for falsifying documents that helped unqualified swimmers to participate at the Cambodia 2023 SEA […]
The hypocrisy in sports
The hypocrisy of both the sports and political fraternity in handling recent politicization of sports is rather telling. Whether it is the International Olympic Committee […]
Of Donald Trump, Shah Rukh Khan and sports politicisation
The cost of mixing politics with sports can no longer be ignored. From FIFA awarding Donald Trump with an underserved Peace Award; to Indian cricketers […]
Wishful thinking that sports sanctions works better in reeling in authoritarian regimes
It has been slightly over two years since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially suspended Russia for violating the Olympic Charter by unilaterally incorporating sports […]
Self-serving exploitation at the expense of athletes
When India won the ICC Cricket World Cup earlier this week, the accolades came pouring in all directions. Such was the magnitude of the feat, […]
Apolitical or a political tool?
The Indonesian authorities have refused to grant visas to the six member Israeli gymnastics team for the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships starting on Sunday […]
The better man – Park Si Hun
The record books may not be changed, but South Korean Park Si Hun’s decision to return the 1988 Olympic gold medal he won controversially over […]
Sports boycott has not worked, only athletes suffer
Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja, recently said sporting bodies should consider banning Israel from world competitions, accusing it of breaching international law in the killing and […]
Sports associations or oppressive regimes?
I was not even born when the greatest of all athletes, Jesse Owens, denied Hitler the spectacle of Aryan supremacy during the 1936 Berlin Olympics. […]
Sometimes it may be subtle yet persistent
There should be no doubt that racism in sports exists. Sometimes it is out in the open, like the recent instance during the US Open […]
Is Enhanced Games the way forward?
In May next year the inaugural Enhance Games is slated to take place in Las Vegas. Limited categories in three sports – athletics, swimming and […]