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Karim Zidan
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Karim Zidan is a journalist, author and custodian of the art estate belonging to his pioneering grandmother, Menhat Helmy.

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Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · Aug 7
Been waiting a long time to make this announcement

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I'm writing a book
I signed a deal with Simon & Schuster to publish my first book, tentatively titled In the Shadow of the Cage.
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barneyronay.bsky.social
Ronaldo: now the most abject regime fluffer of all time
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Ronaldo dines with Donald for glamour portion of grotesque Saudi-funded spectacle | Barney Ronay
A pension-pot World Cup is looming for CR9 and with Donald Trump in the White House and Mohammed bin Salman at his back, it seems this is now a safe space
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November 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Proud to feature @shireenahmed.bsky.social's latest on how World Ultimate Frisbee players are mounting an unprecedented protest against Israel’s participation, whose team boasts active IDF soldiers.

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Ultimate Resistance
World Ultimate Frisbee players are mounting an unprecedented protest, warning that Israel’s participation—bolstered by IDF soldiers on the roster—could fracture the sport’s global community.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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pablo.show
PTFO collaborated with @msjpauly.bsky.social and @motherjones.com on an investigation into Riley Gaines.

Riley’s messaging about trans athletes involves “predatory men” and “sexual assault.”

But there’s an important story multiple ex-teammates at Kentucky want you to know: youtu.be/iKUl8lkuGOc?...
Riley Gaines Investigated: The Lia Thomas Race, the Coach & Why She "Doesn't Even Like" Trump | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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November 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
karimzidan.com
Proud to feature @shireenahmed.bsky.social's latest on how World Ultimate Frisbee players are mounting an unprecedented protest against Israel’s participation, whose team boasts active IDF soldiers.

www.sportspolitika.news/p/ultimate-f...
Ultimate Resistance
World Ultimate Frisbee players are mounting an unprecedented protest, warning that Israel’s participation—bolstered by IDF soldiers on the roster—could fracture the sport’s global community.
www.sportspolitika.news
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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msjpauly.bsky.social
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.

So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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casmudde.bsky.social
Talking about modern football…

Sex offenders of the world unite!
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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mathewforesta.bsky.social
Please check out my latest on Sports Politika. Thank you to @karimzidan.com for publishing me. The Dodgers must take a stand and refuse an invitation to the White House.

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The Dodgers Must Refuse An Invitation To The White House
"Now is the time for the team to take a moral stand," writes Mathew Foresta, publisher of Better Graces and Liberations.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
karimzidan.com
Proud to feature this guest essay by @mathewforesta.bsky.social, who argues that the LA Dodgers must take a stand and reject an invitation to the White House

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The Dodgers Must Refuse An Invitation To The White House
"Now is the time for the team to take a moral stand," writes Mathew Foresta, publisher of Better Graces and Liberations.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
karimzidan.com
Two games stand between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the 2026 World Cup. For a country still struggling to find common ground three decades after war, football may offer the closest thing to unity.

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The Coach Trying to Heal Bosnia’s Wounds
Ahead of a pair of crucial World Cup qualifiers, Nadan Hadzic writes about football's role in Bosnia Herzegovina—a country still healing from the wounds of war.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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antihate.ca
On Monday, we published this investigation into "Exiles of the Golden Age," a fascist conference in Vancouver this July.

We identified 18 of the 50+ people our photographer captured outside the venue, including small business owners and neo-Nazis.

Here's how we did it. 🧵
Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Ahead of a pair of crucial World Cup qualifiers, Nadan Hadzic writes about football's role in Bosnia Herzegovina—a country still healing from the wounds of war.

www.sportspolitika.news/p/bosnia-bar...
The Coach Trying to Heal Bosnia’s Wounds
Ahead of a pair of crucial World Cup qualifiers, Nadan Hadzic writes about football's role in Bosnia Herzegovina—a country still healing from the wounds of war.
www.sportspolitika.news
November 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
karimzidan.com
Ahead of a pair of crucial World Cup qualifiers, Nadan Hadzic writes about football's role in Bosnia Herzegovina—a country still healing from the wounds of war.

www.sportspolitika.news/p/bosnia-bar...
The Coach Trying to Heal Bosnia’s Wounds
Ahead of a pair of crucial World Cup qualifiers, Nadan Hadzic writes about football's role in Bosnia Herzegovina—a country still healing from the wounds of war.
www.sportspolitika.news
November 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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juliekliegman.com
Hi! I wrote a thing about swimming and trans athletes and [*checks notes*] Santana for @defector.com, would mean a lot if you give it a read
What Does A Great Trans Athlete Deserve? | Defector
Once every week or two, I swim molasses-slow laps at the YMCA. I’ve been on something of a fitness journey this year, testing out different forms of exercise to see what sticks—what feels the least to...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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hillaryjhaldanephd.bsky.social
Morocco is killing dogs ahead of the World Cup. It’s cruel. This is what FIFA gets hosts to do—kill animals, move unhoused people, erect barriers around neighborhoods they deem in poor taste—FIFA compels countries to commit the inhumane and inexcusable in the name of the beautiful game.
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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sportrightsall.bsky.social
The IOC is moving toward a blanket ban on trans women in women’s sport, under the “working group on the protection of women’s sport.” But a real consultation would never lead to this.
🔗Learn why this process has been flawed from the start: sportandrightsalliance.org/olympics-sec...
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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emilymcminn-ms.bsky.social
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
screen grab of Sun Sport artilce about IOC ban for trans women including a picture of Cisgender Boxer Imame Khelife
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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sharw00d.bsky.social
Keep exposing them, name names! Give no cover to hate!
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I was interviewed as part of the CBC & @antihate.ca's investigation that exposed a covert neo-Nazi gathering involving MMA gym owners, coaches and recruiters for fascist fight clubs.

www.sportspolitika.news/p/mma-neo-na...
MMA figures exposed at covert neo-Nazi event in Canada
I was interviewed as part of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) investigation into the fusion of mixed martial arts and extremist ideology in Canada.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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fightingmatters.bsky.social
This one’s in my backyard. Folks, we need to take a harder line stance against hate groups in the martial arts community. I get nobody wants to bring politics into their gym, but removing neo-Nazis from our sport shouldn’t be a controversial ask.
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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casmudde.bsky.social
Genocidal rhetoric leads to genocidal behavior
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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karimzidan.com
Another betting scandal is threatening the UFC's reputation. Yet with the FBI now headed by a Trump loyalist, any notion of a legitimate crackdown is not just improbable—it’s absurd.

www.sportspolitika.news/p/ufc-bettin...
The Ballad of the Fixed Fight
Another betting scandal is threatening the UFC's reputation. Yet with the FBI now headed by a Trump loyalist, any notion of a legitimate crackdown is not just improbable—it’s absurd.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
“Fifa is a parastate that acts like a parasite, treating World Cup hosts like its own private Vegas buffet.”

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julesboykoff.bsky.social Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 17d
My latest @theguardian.com: As a genuine soccer fan & generational political talent, freshly elected NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani might be able to achieve the unthinkable: force the FIFA behemoth to share its lucre by targeting its tax exemptions & extreme privilege www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Zohran Mamdani has upended US politics. Now he should take on Fifa | Jules Boykoff
New York’s mayor-elect has taken on powerful institutions. With the World Cup taking place in his city, he should challenge Fifa next
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November 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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thefrankiedlc.news
TL;DR: to put it in sports terms that may be more easily understood, anti-trans policies and politicians are fucking losers.
thefrankiedlc.news Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 20d
NEW! “Eddy’s appearance on Fox and Friends this morning was perhaps a sign that she is setting herself for a post-soccer career that mirrors another underperforming athlete—Riley Gaines.”
someone tell the women's sports leagues that transphobia is a losing issue
also, have the transphobes tried simply being better at sports??
www.thefrankiedlc.news
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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juliekliegman.com
yes
The Anti-Trans Grifters Are Coming For The NWSL | Defector
In July, the Guardian reported that the NWSL had quietly allowed its policy on the participation of transgender players, established in 2021, to expire. The scrapped policy used the testosterone level...
defector.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
karimzidan.com
Another betting scandal is threatening the UFC's reputation. Yet with the FBI now headed by a Trump loyalist, any notion of a legitimate crackdown is not just improbable—it’s absurd.

www.sportspolitika.news/p/ufc-bettin...
The Ballad of the Fixed Fight
Another betting scandal is threatening the UFC's reputation. Yet with the FBI now headed by a Trump loyalist, any notion of a legitimate crackdown is not just improbable—it’s absurd.
www.sportspolitika.news
November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM