Ecuador: Speed Walker Takes Gold, Makes South American History

Karla Jaramillo is now eligible to participate in Japan’s Tokyo 2020, Doha-Qatar 2019 World Championship, and the Pan American Games in Lima.

Jaramillo won the South American Athletics Championship in 1:30:52- a new national and South American record.

NIKE Waives Performance-pay Penalties For 12 Months

Allyson Felix, a runner sponsored by Nike, during a 2017 London competition.

After several star women runners contracted by Nike come out that they are penalized for become pregnant, Nike backtracks to include leave-time terms in contracts.

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Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese football star has a history of helping Palestinian causes.

Correction: May 20, 2019

While multiple news outlets reported the news last week, on May 20, Ronaldo's management agency Gestifute affirmed that the story is false.

Atletico Madrid is scheduled to play a May 21 friendly match with Israeli Beitar club in Jerusalem.

Palestine Urges Atletico Madrid to Cancel Jerusalem Game

Officially named Beitar Jerusalem Football Club, the team was established in 1936 as part of a nationalistic Zionist strategy. Since then the team has become a Zionist symbol and hub for far-right sentiments and fans in Israel.

Coach Diego Armando Maradona before the match Atletico San Luis versus Dorados, at the Alfonso Lastras Stadium, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on May 5, 2019

'Half Man, Half God:' Maradona is Cannes' Film Fest Star

Maradona's status as "half man, half God" has drawn director after director to his rollercoaster life story.

South Africa's Caster Semenya celebrates after winning the women's 800 meters on May 3, 2019

WMA Pushes Doctors Not to Enforce Sexist Rules Against Athletes

The DSD rules - first adopted last year but suspended pending the legal battle - are due to come into effect on May 8. Semenya is mulling an appeal.

The 28-year-old distance runner Caster Semenya has said she does not wish to take medication to change who she is and how she was born.

Urging Woman Runner with High Testosterone to 'Reverse Dope' is 'Disgrace': ASA

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling opened the “wounds of the apartheid” to justify their decision.

Afghan women play symbolic role in peace talks.

Afghan Women Go Online to Set #myredline for Peace

The campaign comes as international observers have blasted the talks, led on the U.S. side by peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, for their lack of female inclusion.