PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AFP) – The Islamic Solidarity Games got under way in Indonesia on Sunday despite a chaotic run-up to the event and debates over appropriate outfits for Muslim athletes. More than ...

JAKARTA (AFP) – Indonesia has moved the venue for the Islamic Solidarity Games for a second time, an official said Thursday, this time to a city that co-hosted the ill-fated 2011 Southeast Asian Games ...

Paris 2024, the first edition of the Olympic Games following the Covid-19 pandemic, proved there was still a major appetite for the world’s biggest multi-sport event. Coverage of the games broke ...

With female athletes carefully guarded from publicity at the fourth Women’s Islamic Games in Iran, much of the spotlight fell on the opening ceremony, where men and women daringly danced side by side.

Two decades after hosting the inaugural edition in Mecca, the nation is once again at the heart of regional sport. In November, Riyadh will welcome the world’s top athletes for the sixth edition of ...

The Islamic Solidarity Sports Association announced last week that it will conduct a series of on-site inspection visits to Uzbekistan, Malaysia and Iran, following the official submission of their ...

With an opening ceremony rich in pageantry, Azerbaijan welcomed athletes and tourists from across the Islamic world for the Islamic Solidarity Games, an Olympic-style competition opening meant to ...