The two-time Olympic gold medalist, 32, was arrested in February as she tried to leave Russia, where she had been playing basketball in the WNBA offseason. She testified in court that she used prescribed cannabis oil to treat pain from sports injuries, but had forgotten the cartridges were in her …
Read More »An Iranian Man Celebrating His Country’s Loss To The US In The World Cup Was Killed By Security Forces, Human Rights Groups Say
The Iranian national team has toed a fine line between expressing support for protesters back home and risking serious repercussions from the regime for doing so. They have been criticized for not being more vocal about the regime’s violent suppression of dissent on the world stage, the Associated Press reported. …
Read More »Iranian Players May Be Out Of The World Cup, But They Stole The Show Anyway
In the past, I found it easy to root against the imperialist teams, but that calculus gets complicated the more those teams change. Paris-born star Kylian Mbappé is the son of a Cameroonian father and a mother of Algerian descent. Canada’s Alphonso Davies was born in a refugee camp in …
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