Saudi Arabian girls will be allowed to play sport in private schools for the first time in the latest in a series of incremental changes aimed at slowly increasing women’s rights in the ultraconservative kingdom.
Saudi Arabia’s official press agency, SPA, reported on Saturday that private girls’ schools are now allowed to hold sport activities in accordance with the rules of sharia law. Students must adhere to “decent dress” codes and Saudi women teachers will be given priority in supervising the activities, according to the education ministry’s requirements.
The decision makes sport once again a stage for the push to improve women’s rights, nearly a year after two Saudi female athletes made an unprecedented appearance at the Olympics.
Shown The Door: Rutgers University has announced that men’s basketball coach Mike Rice will no longer work for the school as a result of a video which emerged on Tuesday. The footage, apparently captured during the basketball team’s practices, shows the former coach becoming physically and verbally abusive with Rutgers players. Rice’s firing was announced on the school’s Twitter account. (Photo via ESPN) source
IOC leaders dropped wrestling from the Olympic program on Tuesday, a surprise decision that removes one of the oldest Olympic sports from the 2020 Games.
The IOC executive board decided to retain modern pentathlon — the event considered most at risk — and remove wrestling instead from its list of 25 “core sports.”
Not going to lie. We’re kind of disappointed to know that the IOC officially thinks that Curling is a more important sport than one of the original Olympic competitions. Anybody else think this decision needs to be re-examined?
Federal investigators are in the midst of an active criminal investigation of disgraced former Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, ABC News has learned.
The revelation comes in stark contrast to statements made by the U.S. Attorney for Southern California, Andre Birotte, who addressed his own criminal inquiry of Armstrong for the first time publicly on Tuesday. Birotte’s office spent nearly two years investigating Armstrong for crimes reportedly including drug distribution, fraud and conspiracy — only to suddenly drop the case on the Friday before the Super Bowl last year.
Armstrong has yet to comment on the reports but, given his recent admissions on Oprah, we’d imagine he would have a hard time defending himself in court should the government decide to prosecute. Do you think Lance Armstrong should face criminal penalties for covering-up his usage of performance enhancing substances?
Oprah’s interview with Lance Armstrong
Lance doped strong. Here’s what you missed.
A moment 14 years in the making
The Daily Dot wins the fastest-GIF-in-the-land award for the evening.
A visual comparison of every jumbotron in the NFL
Cowboys Stadium currently boasts the largest jumbotron in the NFL — a behemoth of an LED measuring 160 feet wide and 72 feet tall — but how does Dallas’ Texas-sized display compare to the rest of the NFL’s set ups? That’s the question that graphic designer Daniel Beaton set out to answer with a straightforward infographic.
The Vikings’ jumbotron is basically a 27-inch TV.
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Lecture Night in America: Following the murder-suicide allegedly carried out by Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Javon Belcher on Saturday, Bob Costas ruffled a few feathers when he decided to offer his own opinion on the need for better gun control during halftime of the Eagles/Cowboys game last night. Think he could/should have chosen a better venue for this?
A True Champion: Gold medal-winning Olympic wrestler Jeff Blatnick passed away at the age of 55 on Wenesday as the result of cardiopulmonary arrest. Blatnick won his medal during the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles after being diagnosed and treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma midway through his training period. In recent years, Blatnick has volunteered as a wrestling coach at the school attended by his two children. He is survived by his wife Lori, his son Ian, and his daughter Niki. (Photo via MMA News; ht waterman12053) source
I developed physically and mentally to take such a big step in my life and in my profession, which is boxing, knowing that it would have pros and cons, highs and lows in this sport that is so macho. I kept this hidden for many, many years.Puerto Rican featherweight boxer Orlando Cruz • Revealing his homosexuality in an Associated Press interview — making him one of the first openly gay professional athletes still in active competition. The 31-year-old Cruz, who has a WBO Latino title match in two weeks, made the announcement with the full support of his family. Response has been positive so far, by the way — as it should be.
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