Sport politics
- Bangladesh, Bangladesh Cricket Team, Cricket, India, India cricket team, International Olympic Committee, Olympic Games, South and Central Asia, Sport, Sport politics, T20 World Cup, Twenty20, World news
Breakdown in cricket relations with Bangladesh rings alarm bells for India’s Olympic bid
Concern raised over politicisation of sportBangladesh pulled out of men’s World T20 after rowBangladesh’s with…
- Afghanistan, Cricket, ECB, ICC Champions Trophy, Lisa Nandy, Politics, South and Central Asia, Sport, Sport politics, Taliban, UK news, Women, Women's cricket, World news
Lisa Nandy rejects calls for England to boycott Afghanistan cricket match
Culture secretary says it should go ahead despite pressure for it to be cancelled over Taliban’s treatment of …
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Chinese football stars and officials held in Xi’s corruption crackdown
Stadiums are reopening but detentions of major football figures overshadow the sport, as scandal engulfs baske…
- Asia Pacific, Athletics, Coronavirus, International Olympic Committee, Japan, Olympic Games, Shinzō Abe, Sport, Sport politics, Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, World news
Filled with doubt, division and Covid, Tokyo braces for Olympics
After a year’s delay, the Games begin this week. But it is an event that few in a fearful host nation now want…
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Japan’s rising sun flag is not a symbol of militarism | Letter
Ohtaka Masato of Japan’s foreign affairs ministry says his country’s flag should not be banned at the 2020 Oly…