Hindus feel that Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has failed to control the incidents of racism and should be disciplined. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that reported racist chanting during a match between AC Milan and Roma on May 12 was a recent example. In January also, racist chants reportedly occurred in a friendly between Mil ...

DUBAI: Bahrain will host the 27th session of the Ministers of Youth and Sports Council in the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), which will be held on June 20th. In addition, there will be a series of meetings to enhance GCC joint actions in the field of youth and sports between the GCC countries. According to the Bahrain News Agency (BNA), the first meeting will be ...

DUBAI: American real estate mogul Donald Trump announced plans to extend his golfing empire into the Middle East, opening a course in the desert outskirts of Dubai. The Trump International Golf Club will be the centerpiece of a 28 million foot project being developed by DAMAC Properties that includes a luxury residential community, hotels, spa and international schools. It is being developed on land purchas ...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is relaxing its restrictions on girls able to play sports in the country, but at the same time the ultra-conservative country again showed its ugly face towards women with a university recently banning women from hugging on campus. Girls in Saudi Arabia are to be allowed to take part in school sports for the first time in what some observers say is a sign that the Islamic kingdom is inc ...

CHICAGO: A new hall of fame – the first of its kind in the U.S. – has been established to honor individuals and organizations whose achievements and efforts have enhanced the fields of sports and athletics for the gay and lesbian community. The National Gay & Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame, a 501 (c)(3) organization based in Chicago, will recognize those who have stood up to stereotypes and worked to break ...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's national team coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said he is likely choose between Ronaldinho and Kaka for the squad's upcoming Confederations Cup in June. Scolari said in an interview with Folha de S Paulo newspaper published Monday that he almost certainly won't pick both players when Brazil hosts the World Cup warm-up tournament. Scolari said he gave enough chances to both players, adding ...

RIO DE JANEIRO: It has become a question that many have been asking for some time now, who's the better superstar footballer, Argentina's Lionel Messi or Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo? For former Brazilian striker Ronaldo, he said that had the Portuguese star played in another era absent Messi he might have been considered among the best ever. The former Barcelona and Real Madrid striker said that Messi is " ...

ADDIS ABABA: As seems to be the case more regularly here in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, citizens were all smiles on Sunday afternoon as they celebrated yet another marathon victory, this time in London. Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia won the London Marathon in a shock finish, after he had been in fifth position only four miles before the finish line. He was 49 seconds behind the leader, but his pace increa ...

CAIRO and ADDIS ABABA: Egypt and Ethiopia announced that they would play a friendly football match in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on May 25. The announcement comes as both hope to build on recent success and qualify for the 2014 World Cup. "I am really excited because we haven't played Ethiopia in long time so this should be a good test for us because they have recently done decently, making the Afr ...

SINGAPORE: India's football captain Sunil Chhetri and his Churchill Brothers teammate Balal Arezou from Afghanistan have been denied visas to travel to Singapore to play against that county`s club Warriors FC in an AFC Cup match. The report has left India's football association angry and demanding an answer. "We have issued a request for further information from Singapore over the matter as this is a very s ...