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South Sudan Basketball Team of Refugees and Refugees’ Children Make 2024 Olympics: ‘Unbelievable...
People via Yahoo News· 8 months ago'It's a dream come true,” forward Nuni Omot said after the team qualified for the Paris Games JAM...
'The world knows us.' South Sudanese cheer their basketball team's rise and Olympic qualification
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBasketball has united the South Sudanese. The country, which gained its independence just 12 years...
A Native American lacrosse team in the 2028 L.A. Olympics? It's possible — but it won't be easy
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 5 months agoThe Haudenosaunee people are credited with inventing the game of lacrosse. Now they are fighting to...
Tachlowini Gabriyesos runs for refugees at Belgrade Marathon
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTachlowini Gabriyesos fled his native Eritrea and walked through the desert to reach Israel when he...
Afghan Olympians resettle in Australia to start afresh
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOlympic sprinter Kimia Yousofi has arrived in Australia to start afresh just over a year after...
After a breakthrough year, distance runner Dominic Lobalu is in a race for national identity
CNN Sports via Yahoo Sports· 10 months agoOne of the world’s top distance runners, Dominic Lobalu dreams of climbing the podium at the Olympic...
Column: Haudenosaunee deserves a lacrosse team of its own at the 2028 Olympics
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months ago“Our gift to the world,” says Rex Lyons, a former Haudenosaunee player and now the program's biggest...
Eileen Gu Won an ESPY for Breakthrough Athlete and The Internet Got Angry Again
Ski via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoThis article originally appeared on Ski Mag Eileen Gu, the 18-year-old Olympic gold medalist, made...
Olympic president invokes John Lennon's memory as Paris marks 1-year countdown to war-clouded Games
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe president of the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday formally invited the world's...
A weight lifted: Cyrille Tchatchet wants to give something back to Birmingham
PA Media: Sport via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoCyrille Tchatchet was walking home through the streets of Smethwick in 2016 when he got the call he...