Campus France has released its international student enrolment data for 2022/23, and in contrast to the double-digit percentage upticks recorded for that year in Canada (+30%) and the UK (+16%), the
The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet stood at 23.8 percent, up 3.7 percentage points from an all-time low that was logged in the previous poll last month amid a political funds scandal involving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a Kyodo News survey showed Monday. The three-day
In news that will certainly make the WNBA and Indiana Fever management very happy, Caitlin Clark was voted NBA players’ second favorite non-NBA athlete in a poll that also saw five other women’s basketball players make the list. The anonymous NBA players poll, conducted by The Athletic and published on Monday, not only saw Caitlin […]
The NBA revealed the finalists for seven postseason awards on Sunday. The
It doesn’t take much sleuthing to deduce that Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson was one of the participants in an anonymous NBA player poll. The Athletic dropped its semiregular poll Monday morning, saying its NBA reporters interviewed 142 players over the final month of the season to fill out the third edition of its poll. The Athletic granted anonymity in the hopes of getting more honest answers to a wide variety of questions, such as this year’s MVP, best defender, most overrated and...
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Sample size matters, people. So when The Athletic launched its in 2019, with 127 players answering questions about league matters so honestly because of the anonymity they were granted, the bar was set very high. We hit triple digits again (108 players), when the popular poll returned in full force after a COVID-19-induced hiatus because of limited locker room access for reporters during that time. Advertisement This time around, with familiar topics like MVP, “most overrated,” “player you’d...
The recently released statistics have brought to light the concerning behaviour exhibited by football fans during the 2022-23 season. The surge in arrests at football matches has reached levels last seen almost a decade ago, painting a troubling picture of fan conduct that demands attention.A staggering 2,264 individuals were apprehended for football-related incidents during this period, marking a worrying escalation compared to previous years. Among these arrests, a substantial portion—200...
Jordan holds a slim lead in the latest player poll
Despite his multiple Defensive Player of the Year awards, those in the NBA believe that Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert is the most overrated player in the league. According to an anonymous poll run by The Athletic, today’s NBA players believe that Gobert is the most overrated (13.6% of the vote), followed by Jordan Poole (8.6%) […]
Abderrazak Hamdallah struck at end of Saudi Super Cup finalSAFF says it is ‘shocked with the disgraceful scenes’The whipping of a player by a spectator after the Saudi Arabian Super Cup final has been condemned by the country’s football federation and players’ union.Al-Ittihad’s Morocco forward Abderrazak Hamdallah was struck by the spectator at the end of the match which Al-Ittihad lost 4-1 to Al-Hilal in Abu Dhabi last Thursday. Continue reading
20 Women Soccer Players Withdraw From League Over Transgender Players Authored by Jim Birchall via The Epoch Times, Concerns over the physical safety of female-born football (soccer) players competing against transgender athletes have compelled at least 20 players to quit, according to a source from within a Sydney-based league. Calling itself the “biggest LGBTQIA+ women’s and non-binary football club in the world,” the Flying Bats FC has made international headlines for...