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The President of PSG Had Three Jobs. Now He Faces a Criminal Investigation.

Six Takeaways From the NBA’s Kawhi Leonard Scandal

Infantino vs. The People: Six Moves That Could Save His Presidency

Why Was Kun Agüero Linked to a Drug Trafficking Investigation?

Australia Wants to Criminalise Match-Fixing. Why Single Out Sudanese Teenagers?

UEFA Sanctions Cannot Erase Red Star Belgrade’s Loyalty to Ratko Mladić

UEFA Is Lifting Its FIFA Boycott. But Its Campaign Against Infantino Is Not Over.

The Robot Olympics Are Really a Chinese Showroom

Why Australia’s Nick Kyrgios Could Serve Just One Month for a Cocaine Ban

Two Decades Atop World Football: Gianni Infantino's Career in 45 Controversies

No, Messi Was Not in Danger of Being Assassinated at the World Cup

Infantino Signs a Letter of Full Support for Infantino, but Blackmail and Corruption Accusations Piling Up

Why Anti-Doping Officers Woke Tour de France Riders at 2am

The Strange Campaign to Praise Infantino for Abandoning His Own Plan

Why Gianni Infantino Will Be Expensive to Remove as FIFA President

Infantino Strong-Arming Members Into Approving His $20 Billion Company by September 19

I Crunched the Numbers Behind FIFA's Plan to Sell Shares in the World Cup. Dear God.

The Full Story of How Andrea Pirlo's Russian Betting Deal Sabotaged His Italy Coach Dreams

Cursing for Clicks - The Mystics Who Turned World Cup Prophecies Into Paying Customers

Did Colombian Gangs Threaten to Kill a World Cup Player Again?

Who Can Actually Investigate Gianni Infantino?

Ten Years of Exile, Zero Reform: Russia's Doping Machine Returns to the Olympics

FIFA Has Protected its Stars Long Before Balogun

How the Netherlands' Orange Wave Became a Mexican Governor's Campaign Prop

Portugal’s Strange World Cup of Deepfakes, Fake Quotes and Death Threats

Why Elye Wahi Is Playing the World Cup While Suspected of Match-Fixing

8 Takeaways from the UFC's White House Fever Dream

How FIFA Became the Tout: The Story of the 2026 World Cup Ticket Machine

The US' World Cup Travel Warnings Are All Coming True

Why Paris Police Prepared for the Champions' League Violence, But Couldn't Stop It.

8 Reasons The Enhanced Games Failed As Sport. And Why They Don't Care.

The Champions League Final Will Be Rwanda's Sportswashing Coronation

Is Saudi Football Heading for Hooliganism?

Why is the Prague Derby Always One of Europe’s Most Volatile Fixtures?

150,000 Football Passports Just Got Posted to a Crime Forum. Nobody's Noticing.

Sportradar Faces Numerous Securities Fraud Investigations Amid Short-Seller Scandal

The Sportradar Scandal, in 10 Key Takeaways

Why the Czech Republic's Reckoning with Match-Fixing Was a Long Time Coming

The Long Game: How Russia Walked Back Into World Sport

Congo's Football President is on the Run

7 Stories You May Have Missed About Senegal's AFCON Title Being Stripped

Camel Racing Taking Over the World, but Can't Shake Animal Abuse and Doping Problems

How Iran Turns Sport into Propaganda

Inside MAiSI - The University Course Trying to Save World Sport

The Super Bowl Didn't Bring Human Traffickers to California. They Were Already There.

Could Guadalajara Lose Its 2026 World Cup Host Status?

Jose Mourinho's Long History of Denying his Players Could Ever Be Racist

Why Israel Shut Down an Entire Football Division, and Why it Didn't Work

A Fixer's Paradise: Why the US is Rolling Out Red Carpet for Prediction Markets

When Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini Turn on FIFA

From India to Canada: How Organised Crime Captured Kabaddi

African Football and the Long Shadow of Empire

The Gamer That Never Was: Inside the Cheating Scandal Shaking Esports

How Horse-Racing Cheaters Made Millions While New York Sat on FBI Evidence

Why Novak Djokovic's Attempt to Reform Tennis Failed

Argentina’s Football House of Cards