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Global sports trade: athletes hurdle national borders for a better life

Runner Mohamed Marhum left behind poverty in Morocco to become a gold medal hopeful for Spain in the 2012 Olympics. The global sports trade is drawing more scrutiny as athletes trade talent for naturalization.
Now more than ever, Olympic teams go multinational

Increasingly, athletes are switching national alliances – sometimes for money, but also for better training opportunities or a chance to compete in a sport that’s too saturated with talent back home.
Outsourced athletes

A sprinter's artificial legs help pose questions about fairness – and personhood.
Outsourced athletes

A sprinter's artificial legs help pose questions about fairness – and personhood.

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Mae Azango has gone undercover to report on female circumcision, a rite of the Sande society in Liberia that is performed on young girls.

Mae Azango exposed a secret ritual in Liberia, putting her life in danger

When journalist Mae Azango wrote about a secret women's circumcision ritual in Liberia, she received death threats.