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Hakeem al-Araibi.

Footballer who inspired #SaveHakeem campaign still fearful for his future

Former refugee Hakeem al-Araibi hopes a new documentary about his jailing can protect him from the Bahraini government.

  • Garry Maddox

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Jeff Fatt and Murray Cook with Sally Aitken, director of The Wiggles documentary Hot Potato.

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A documentary tracing the history of The Wiggles will appear on Amazon Prime Video in 2023, along with several other local features.

  • Karl Quinn
Hakeem al-Araibi (centre), Zelfy Nazary (left) and Mouad Zwed (right) are three St Albans Saints footballers currently fasting.

‘Huge issue’: The athletes juggling faith and sport

Muslim athletes such as Hakeem al-Araibi are used to fasting while playing during Ramadan every year, but can Australian sport support them better?

  • Lachlan Abbott
Adul Sam-on on right in a section of Tham Luang Cave.

Caves, tsunamis and kittens: farewell to three years in south-east Asia

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  • James Massola
Craig Foster: "The real power in a sporting career is the platform it gives you to do something else. It’s why I work so hard now with human rights."

Craig Foster: 'I increasingly question the value of the sporting career I had'

The former Socceroos captain and TV presenter on life as a professional player, confronting mortality – and why his post-football life goals are so important.

  • Benjamin Law
Red Symons in his new digs of this year, a property he bought 30 years ago as an investment.

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Ash Barty, Tayla Harris and Hakeem al-Araibi.

Sport in 2019 had a tendency towards the dramatic rather than the thematic

Australian sport in 2019 provided mostly a hotchpotch of botches, brilliances, bad moves and good grooves, triumphs and disasters.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Craig Foster, Ash Barty and Steve Smith.

Good Weekend's Who Mattered 2019: Sport

Ash Barty: the world No. 1 "outthinking her opponents instead of relying on power". Plus: Steve Smith and Craig Foster.

  • Konrad Marshall
AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw has apologised to refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi over his detention in Bangkok.

AFP boss apologises to Hakeem al-Araibi for the months he spent in jail

Commissioner Reece Kershaw acknowledged a trail of bureaucratic bungles had led to the refugee footballer's detention in Bangkok.

  • Daniel McCulloch
Hakeem Al-Araibi receives his Australian citizenship.

Stuck between two kings: a possible explanation for Hakeem al-Araibi's detention

As Thailand's new king enjoys his coronation, questions are being asked if his relationship with Bahrain played a role in Australian Hakeem al-Araibi being held for so long in prison.

  • Paul Sanderson

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