Culture and sport bodies should continue to "exile Putin's Russia from their ranks", a minister says.
UK ministers are meeting international allies to "ratchet up the pressure" on Vladimir Putin by taking more sporting, cultural and economic steps in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The culture secretary will try to mobilise more support to isolate Moscow at a summit of global sports ministers.
Nadine Dorries said culture was "the third front in the Ukrainian war".
In addition to an emphasis on competitive sports, the making of the American voter continues with biased curricula affirming his country can do no wrong. The historical claim that the United States is ‘exceptional’ is newly buttressed by the assertion that it is ‘the indispensable nation’. Politicians warn ominously that “If we don’t ‘step up to the plate’ no one else will”, in a harmless-sounding reference to baseball, where each pitcher in turn steps up to the ‘plate’ marking the spot from which he must throw the ball.
NHL begins domestic violence and sexual assault training After a series of high-profile incidents across sports, the NHL has joined other professional leagues in mandating domestic violence, sexual assault and sexual harassment training for all of its players
Dave Zirin on June 26, 2013: As reported on the website of The Nation Institute, Galeano has spoken. Here is what he has to say. "As far as I’m concerned, the explosion of indignation in Brazil is justified. In its thirst for justice, it is similar to other demonstrations that in recent years have shaken many countries in many parts of the world. Brazilians, who are the most soccer-mad of all, have decided not to allow their sport to be used any more as an excuse for humiliating the many and enriching the few. The fiesta of soccer, a feast for the legs that play and the eyes that watch, is much more than a big business run by overlords from Switzerland. The most popular sport in the world wants to serve the people who embrace it. That is a fire police violence will never put out.” That second to last sentence—“The most popular sport in the world wants to serve the people who embrace it”—is one we shouldn’t forget. You see it in the streets, favelas, and beaches of Brazil, where soccer hasn’t stopped just because the season of protests has started. You see it in the great Brazilian players like Neymar and Hulk who have supported the protests. You see it in the calls by demonstrators for “FIFA quality hospitals and schools.