Major events
March 12th, 2013
By Nick Harris
SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year
12 March 2013
The American lawyer investigating the circumstances in which the 2022 World Cup was awarded to Qatar has urged anyone with information that could prove wrongdoing in the bidding process to share that information as soon as possible.
Michael Garcia is a former US attorney for the Southern District of New York and a partner with the New York-based law firm, Kirkland and Ellis LLP. As a Fifa-appointed investigator into corruption in football, he has faced accusations that he is not independent and therefore cannot be expected to work effectively in a...
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September 25th, 2012
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Still pining for a festival of sport after the London Olympics and Paralympics lit up the summer? Pine no more. The next Olympics begin in 500 days - in Sochi, Russia, from 7 February 2014. MARK STANIFORTH, left, ardent admirer of all things Winter Games, explains why it's a big deal, and why there are just as many reasons to care. Read Mark Staniforth's blog here
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"I didn't go looking for fame, but these days people who've never met me know who I am. My life is radically different from the way it was before February 16, 2002, the night I...
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September 9th, 2012
By Nick Harris
SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year
9 September 2012
Isatou Nyang is a single mum of two from The Gambia, a small country in West Africa where the average income is around £1,200 per year, or £23 a week.
Nyang, 28, makes about half that much, or around £10 per week, or £2 per day. She earns her living by asking passers-by for donations, or in other words, begging.
She begs on the forecourt of a petrol station in The Gambia’s biggest city, Serekunda. She begs because, as a wheelchair-bound woman, job opportunities are scarce.
She is in a wheelchair because she...
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