Exile

Prigozhin arrives in BelarusYevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, arrived in Belarus yesterday, state media reported. The Russian authorities dropped criminal charges against him and his fighters after he called off an…

Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin flew into exile in Belarus on Tuesday (Jun 27) under a deal that ended a brief mutiny by his fighters, as President Vladimir Putin praised his armed forces for averting a civil war. A plane linked…

<!-- -->Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin flew to Belarus from Russia today. (File)Moscow: Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin flew to Belarus from Russia on Tuesday after a mutiny that has dealt the biggest blow to…

Moscow had braced for the arrival of the Wagner forces by erecting checkpoints with armored vehicles and troops on the city’s southern edge. About 3,000 Chechen soldiers were pulled from fighting in Ukraine and rushed there early Saturday,…

As Sky Sports' cameras panned away from the anguish and agony of Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal team, they picked up on Brighton goal-scorer Deniz Undav embracing with one fan in the away end. It wasn't just any fan.It was Paul Samrah. You…

Maryam was beaten up by members of the Taliban, purely for training in the sport she loves.  It's the kind of thing that happens to women in Afghanistan who are passionate about sport. Draconian measures await those who break the laws of…

When a former colonel in the Saudi police force, now seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, took to TikTok in mid-March to explain live why he had left the police, internet vigilantes immediately put a price on his…

One of the most consistent players for India in white-ball cricket, Shikhar Dhawan finds himself on the sidelines, with younger players being preferred by the selectors in the national team. It isn't long ago that Dhawan led the Indian team…

The Sunday Magazine23:50Gulchehra Hoja was a Uyghur TV star in China. Now she’s a journalist in exileOne night in 2018, 24 members of Gulchehra Hoja's family, including her parents, were arrested by Chinese authorities.But the…

One year after the invasion of Ukraine began, Russia's reintegration into the world of sports threatens to create the biggest rift in the Olympic movement since the Cold War.Russia remains excluded from many international sporting events,…