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Virat Kohli of India celebrates after the final run is scored during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan in October 2022. Darrian Traynor/ICC via Getty Images

Why India and Pakistan’s T20 cricket showdown in New York is such a big deal

Umer Hussain, Wilkes University; M. Fahad Humayun, University of Evansville; Simran Kaur Sethi, University of Oklahoma, and Steve Bien-Aime, University of Kansas

Tickets are going for as high as $40,000 on the secondary market.
A man walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Paris City Hall in July 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Paris 2024 Olympics: How the Games are being used to marginalize the most vulnerable

Umer Hussain, Wilkes University; Adam Ali, Western University; MacIntosh Ross, Western University, and Shakiba Moghadam, Southampton Solent University

Sporting events like the Olympic Games claim to promote equality and human dignity, yet are frequently used to marginalize people. Perhaps it’s time to consign Olympism to the dustbin of history.

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