EDITED BY KALAHAN DENG • Laptops and team shirts stolen during evacuation for fire • Fire alarms had been deactivated without team’s knowledge The Australia team’s problems with their accommodation in the Olympic village have gone from bad to worse. Having initially refused to move into their building because of concerns over “blocked toilets, leaking pipes and exposed wiring”, they ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG Exclusive: Mangar Makur Chuot’s Australian coach says South Sudan’s selection process for the Games has been corrupted Mangar Makur Chuot – the South Sudanese refugee who rose from a refugee camp to qualify for the Olympic Games – has been controversially de-selected by the South Sudan team, without explanation a week before the Games begin. Chuot ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG Hey people, black and white were meant to work together as one coin with two faces and not to be segregated as some do. French national soccer team is a perfect example that some should take a lesson from. For most of the French are blacks and have great loyalty to their country, but still there ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG Aleading Spanish matador has died after being gored during a televised bullfight in eastern Spain. Victor Barrio, 29, is the first Spanish bullfighter to die in the bullring since 1985. He was caught while trying to lure the beast using his cape in a manoeuvre known as “muletazo”. However, the bull, who was already said to ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG The World No 1 Serena Williams has done it again and gain this time for her 22 Grand-Slam title after defeating her rival  four seeded German Angelique Kerbe 7-5 and 6-3. Serena Williams did it in four straight sets , it was quite something people were amazed to see the power and superiority this young lady ...

WRITTEN BY KALAHAN DENG It’s true that there is no better time than what the world have seen yesterday,when all American people came together , Latinos, Asians, white, blacks ,or Middle eastern hugging each other as fellows citizens and sports fans. I believe sports is a perfect cure for a disease called racial discrimination.Therefore, American politicians must learn from yesterday’s ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG   Stephen Curry knows that the record-setting 73 wins, awards and memorable moments that highlighted Golden State’s special season will only be footnotes if the Warriors can’t quickly find their missing game. The 3-pointers have stopped falling, the swagger has gone missing and the defense has had no answers for LeBron James. After two straight losses ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG Russia and England could be kicked out of theEuro 2016 championship if their supporters are involved in further acts of violence at the tournament, UEFA has warned. UEFA’s executive committee told the football associations of both countries Sunday that their teams could face further sanctions — including potential disqualification from the tournament — if their fans ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil Muhammad Ali is often hailed as “The Greatest” – a boxing champion, a civil rights icon, died Friday in Arizona at age 74. His star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame sits proudly at eye level on a wall next to the Walk of Fame, just in front of the Dolby ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil Russia has been suspended from international competition, an unprecedented move that left the world shocked. The powerful county’s athletes may not be able to compete at sport’s greatest event, the Olympic Games, after a damning report by a Wada independent commission found evidence of state-sponsored doping. The IAAF Council is ...