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Five Years After Fallout, NBA Hopes To Return To China

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October 11, 2024

Via The Athletic, a look at the possibility of the NBA returning to China: Five years after the NBA’s last game in China, commissioner Adam Silver believes the league will return to the country at some point. The NBA has [...]

For Dikembe Mutombo, Basketball Was But a Vehicle For What Really Matters

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October 6, 2024

Via The Athletic, an article on Dikembe Mutombo: Big John seemed to speak Dikembe Mutombo into existence. This was 1988. I was covering John Thompson — not the Georgetown Hoyas, the team he coached. As with almost [...]

Hidden From The World, North Korea Has Nurtured Soccer’s Latest Golden Generation

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September 26, 2024

Via The Guardian, a report on the Chollima’s under-20 team which has returned with a hyper-talented squad after being absent from competition for half a decade: They’re coming for you. They’re coming for you. [...]

Sports Diplomacy: Australia’s Potential Lever In the Pacific Against China

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September 3, 2024

Via the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a report on the potential for Australia to utilize sports diplomacy in the Pacific: As China’s coercive influence tightens around the Pacific islands, Australia finds itself in [...]

What Qinwen Zheng Could Mean for Tennis, and for China

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September 1, 2024

Via The New Yorker, a report on the growth of tennis in China and the complex role of the nation in the global sport: There are approximately twenty-three million tennis players in China and exactly one Olympic [...]

Indonesia Strikes Gold in Paris

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August 16, 2024

Via The Diplomat, a look at how a focus on niche sports paid off for Jakarta at the 2024 Olympics as part of its overall athletic diplomacy strategy: “A golden day for Indonesian sports,” exulted The Jakarta [...]

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