List of Sports articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 FIFA Dismantled Its Anti-Racism Task Force And Says Its Work Is Done
Despite calls for it to remain intact, FIFA has dismantled its anti-racism task force.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ethiopian PM Blames Olympic Protest on U.S.-Based Dissenters
In interviews with FP, top Ethiopian officials said that Feyisa Lilesa should not fear for his safety, but that an independent human rights rapporteur will not be allowed into the country.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Colin Kaepernick Is Lucky He’s Not Japanese
National anthems have always inspired dissenters — but some countries treat their refuseniks better than others.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Congressmen Point to Protesting Ethiopian Olympic Runner as Victim in Fight for Freedom
U.S. congressmen are introducing legislation to protect Ethiopian civilians like the Olympic marathoner who raised his hands in an X as he crossed the finish-line in Rio.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hawk Hunting, Goat Carcass Chasing, and Steven Seagal at World Nomad Games, in Photos
Goat carcasses, hawk hunting, bone throwing, and Steven Seagal: The World Nomad Games in photos.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kenya’s Cheapskate Olympic Committee Strands its Team in Rio
The Kenyan Olympic Committee organized a disastrous appearance at the Rio games.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sports-Obsessed Turkmen President: Athletes Betrayed the Motherland by Not Winning at Olympics
The president of Turkmenistan is furious his athletes didn't bring home any Olympic medals.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Party Is Over in Rio
And now there’s no more avoiding the grim reality of Brazil’s economic and political crises.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ethiopian Government Promises to Welcome Home Anti-Government Olympian as ‘Hero’
An Ethiopian marathoner is urged to come home after protesting his government at the Olympics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An $11,000 Charitable Donation Is Saving One U.S. Swimmer From Brazilian Prison
Jimmy Feigen is paying a Brazilian charity $11,000 to avoid facing charges for making up a robbery story to police.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Rio Gas Station May Be the Real Victim in U.S. Olympic Swimmer Scandal
Brazilian police say that Lochte fabricated the robbery story after he and other U.S. swimmers vandalized a gas station.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Was American Swimmer Ryan Lochte Really Robbed in Rio?
A Brazilian judge issued an order preventing Lochte and another U.S. swimmer from leaving the country.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Olympic Spirit Is Unbridled, Rabid Nationalism
The Games succeed because they indulge precisely what they claim to transcend – the world's basest instinct for tribalism.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kenyan Sprint Coach Used Athlete’s Badge for Free Breakfast, Then Took Doping Test for Him.
This Kenyan coach borrowed his athlete's ID to get free breakfast, then took a doping test for him too.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Olympics Are Back and Tensions Between Russia and Ukraine Are Heating Up
Putin called Ukraine terrorists, while Poroshenko called the Russians "cynical and insane."
