Evening traffic in Wellawatte, Colombo. Image via Flickr by Nazly. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The Colombo Municipal Council recently announced that the city’s first ever car-free day will be held on Sunday July 14, 2019. The Council is partnering with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Sri LankaRead More →
YouTube screengrab of Bruno Fernando, A Bola TV/Youtube The 21-year-old Angolan basketball player Bruno Fernando became the first of his country to join an NBA team, USA’s professional basketball league. On the morning of 20 June, the player was chosen for position 34 in the Philadelphia 76ers through the player selectionRead More →
Maracanã stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, shortly before the Peru versus Bolivia match. Photo by Tânia Rêgo/Agência Brasil, reproduction allowed with attribution. While some of the world’s best football players are on the field, TV cameras show thousands of empty seats in the Brazilian stadiums hosting this year’s Copa America,Read More →
Screenshot from “Playing Against Patriarchy: Muslim Girls own the ‘Male Space’ by Playing Football” video. This post was written by Grace Jolliffe and originally appeared on Video Volunteers, an award-winning international community media organisation based in India. A slightly edited version is published below as part of a content-sharing agreement.Read More →
Nirmal Purja, better known as Nims, is on a mission to climb all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters in 7 months. Image from the Project Possible Facebook page. Used with permission. Nirmal Purja MBE, better known as Nims, is on a mission to climb all the ‘eight-thousanders’ (the 14 mountains aboveRead More →
Image Credit: Rashed Alam, Bangladesh Surf Girls And Boys. Used with permission About 6 years ago, Bangladeshi surfer Rashed Alam and his wife, Venessa Rude, started up an initiative to teach a group of young girls to surf. In the face of very conservative ideas about gender norms, this was aRead More →
A screenshot from a YouTube video of Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz in a pre-World Cup international friendly match against Panama on May 19, 2019. Jamaica won the match 3-1. Video published by JFFLIVE. The Reggae Girlz, Jamaica’s women’s football team, are in France to play in the 2019 FIFA Women’s WorldRead More →
Kami Rita Sherpa holds the record of climbing Everest 24 times, the most by any individual. Image from the Facebook page of Seven Summit Treks Pvt. Ltd. Used with permission. Climbing Mount Everest is on every adrenaline junkie’s wishlist, but Everest summiteer Kami Rita Sherpa has checked this off his list aRead More →
Shaki’s girls’ team is shaking the world. Photo by Chai-Khana.org. The following is a story by Chai-Khana.org and is republished by Global Voices under a partnership agreement. Text and video by Ayten Najaf and Nurlan Babazade. With 56 goals in 2017, 15-year old Nahida is a champion in her local girls’ football league. She andRead More →
The Easter holidays fall smack dab in the middle of Trinidad and Tobago’s dry season — which means that “staycationers” choose a lot of outdoor activities to pass the time. Here’s a glimpse at some of them, as well as a few other celebrated traditions that define Easter in the twin-islandRead More →