Sport & Culture

A year after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, Japanese children display remarkable resilience.

Football’s governing body had argued that wearing the hijab was a safety problem. It’s had a change of heart.

Roger Federer and Agnieszka Radwanska win their finals in Dubai as the tennis season gets into full gear.

Football is a rare unifying force for Lebanon. Thanks to South Korea, the World Cup finals could be as well.

When Bollywood is bad, it’s really bad. New movie Jodi Breakers is a particularly good example.

Talk of India boycotting the Olympics is a reminder of how the Bhopal disaster still haunts the country.

A new exhibition in London offers non-Muslims an interesting glimpse of the sacred ritual of the Hajj.

Saudi Arabia won’t be taking a female team to the summer Olympics. Should the IOC stop it competing?

Park Ji-sung may be Asia’s most successful football star. He deserved his turn with Manchester United’s armband.

The J-League has made clear it wants to keep its distance from the Yakuza. Can Japanese football stay clean?

The $2 million Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships is attracting some of the biggest names in the sport.

Worried corruption among referees was driving fans away, Chinese authorities are cracking down on bribery.