Ali Ahsan
@aliahsan.bsky.social
Struggling PhD PoliSci candidate.
"For years, academics and political strategists alike have snubbed sport as unserious turf. [...] The American Political Science Association – the flagship professional organization for the study of political science – has 55 organized sections and not one of them addresses the politics of sport."
My latest for the @theguardian.com: "Donald Trump’s Return to Power Lays Bare the Lie that Sports Don’t Matter." Sports are politics by other means, and in the coming years, sports will be vital political terrain. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
Donald Trump’s return to power lays bare the lie that sports don’t matter | Jules Boykoff
The Democrats find themselves out of power because they failed to embrace spaces where community connection is forged
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"For years, academics and political strategists alike have snubbed sport as unserious turf. [...] The American Political Science Association – the flagship professional organization for the study of political science – has 55 organized sections and not one of them addresses the politics of sport."
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My latest for the @theguardian.com: "Donald Trump’s Return to Power Lays Bare the Lie that Sports Don’t Matter." Sports are politics by other means, and in the coming years, sports will be vital political terrain. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
Donald Trump’s return to power lays bare the lie that sports don’t matter | Jules Boykoff
The Democrats find themselves out of power because they failed to embrace spaces where community connection is forged
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My latest for the @theguardian.com: "Donald Trump’s Return to Power Lays Bare the Lie that Sports Don’t Matter." Sports are politics by other means, and in the coming years, sports will be vital political terrain. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
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it would be so funny if this is how his presidency ended. months before his term ends, he just walks into the rainforest and is never seen again
Joe Biden becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Amazon Rainforest.
November 17, 2024 at 10:29 PM
it would be so funny if this is how his presidency ended. months before his term ends, he just walks into the rainforest and is never seen again
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Good thing this time is people elected from their Districts are making it to PFF Congress and not being imposed like past elections. No more friends/relatives of Faisal Saleh Hayat getting in congress from various provinces.
How good these people will be at football governance remains to be seen..
How good these people will be at football governance remains to be seen..
PFF presidential election on 9 December. Names for PFF Congress members from four provinces, Islamabad, PFRA revealed.
PFF Congress names revealed [The News] - FootballPakistan.com (FPDC)
PFF presidential election likely on 9 December. Names from four provinces, Islamabad, PFRA for upcoming PFF Congress term revealed.
footballpakistan.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Good thing this time is people elected from their Districts are making it to PFF Congress and not being imposed like past elections. No more friends/relatives of Faisal Saleh Hayat getting in congress from various provinces.
How good these people will be at football governance remains to be seen..
How good these people will be at football governance remains to be seen..
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Vaccines do not cause autism.
November 17, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Vaccines do not cause autism.
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Pakistan discusses $7 billion bailout reform agenda with IMF in unusual talks
Pakistan discusses $7 billion bailout reform agenda with IMF in unusual talks
Pakistan discussed its $7 billion bailout reform agenda with the International Monetary Fund during an unscheduled staff visit last week, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Sunday, suggesting no new taxes are to be imposed.
www.reuters.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Pakistan discusses $7 billion bailout reform agenda with IMF in unusual talks
Zahir Shah from KPk as the next PFF President?
PFF presidential election on 9 December. Names for PFF Congress members from four provinces, Islamabad, PFRA revealed.
PFF Congress names revealed [The News] - FootballPakistan.com (FPDC)
PFF presidential election likely on 9 December. Names from four provinces, Islamabad, PFRA for upcoming PFF Congress term revealed.
footballpakistan.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Zahir Shah from KPk as the next PFF President?
People may be migrating to Bluesky, kinda, but it will take a lot more than that to make it a credible, and more reliable, alternative to Elon Musk's X (zombie Twitter).
Bluesky adds 1m new members as users flee X after the US election
Social media platform has become a ‘refuge’ from the far-right activism on X, experts say, after Elon Musk teamed up with Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:55 AM
People may be migrating to Bluesky, kinda, but it will take a lot more than that to make it a credible, and more reliable, alternative to Elon Musk's X (zombie Twitter).
At this stage, Pakistan may as well enter administration, take a points deduction, and get relegated to the league below.
February 12, 2024 at 11:50 PM
At this stage, Pakistan may as well enter administration, take a points deduction, and get relegated to the league below.