I was joined by Hywel Mills, publisher of The Signal, to discuss the state of authoritarian soft power in sports after Man City was found guilty of breaching financial rules.

The City case should be a starting point for naming and understanding the ways in which football has been colonised by economic and political power and how we might resist them.

The Ireland-Israel fixtures expose the hypocrisy of the sport's balancing act on Palestine and the illusion that “football unites the world.”

How the former WWE employee who filed a sex trafficking suit against Vince McMahon reacted to the scandal that unfolded in 2022

LeBron James was once one of the world’s most outspoken athletes. Now he’s plugging a predictions market and an authoritarian leader

Why should the victims of massacres be expected to stand beside their executioners in the name of anti-imperial resistance?

Led by Patriots owner & Israel supporter Robert Kraft, NFL owners reportedly banded together to blacklist the American rapper over a “Free Palestine’ chant.

If we start to consider Sydney Sweeney a notable personality in sports then we have really lost the plot.

Led by Patriots owner & Israel supporter Robert Kraft, NFL owners reportedly banded together to blacklist the American rapper over a “Free Palestine’ chant.

Ari Emanuel, Dana White, and their allies are cashing in their lobbying chips as they seek to gain support for the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act, which would fundamentally reshape boxing.

Crackpot theories were once the stuff of shortwave radio, but September 11 unleashed the Age of Alex Jones.

Wondering how the UFC evolved from a fringe combat sport into one of the most influential cultural and political institutions in America? Do I have a book for you!

It’s being shouted from all corners: The U.S. Open has become an overcrowded, overpriced circus awash in influencers, aspirational influencers, corporate stooges, drunken buffoons, brand activations, ...

Saudi Arabia spent billions to secure its place as a global powerhouse in sports and entertainment. The Iran war lifted the facade.

Wondering how the UFC evolved from a fringe combat sport into one of the most influential cultural and political institutions in America? Do I have a book for you!

Dispatches from the intersection of queer sports and pop culture.

The kingdom’s World Cup ambitions stretch far beyond the pitch, intertwining football with diplomacy, domestic politics and the contested future of Western Sahara.

A lot of people in and around the WNBA are talking about trans women. In the aftermath of Indiana Fever role player Sophie Cunningham’s negative comments about trans people playing sports in an ESPN…

Would you let the Proud Boys march in and sit courtside?

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The FIFA president’s plan to sell off a stake of the World Cup suggests he’s emulating his hero.

The kingdom’s World Cup ambitions stretch far beyond the pitch, intertwining football with diplomacy, domestic politics and the contested future of Western Sahara.

Following cultural tides, the women's tennis tour is mandating a strict new eligibility requirement.

With cries of malfeasance and injustice over refereeing decisions, Fifa actions and even Argentina’s run, the tournament is a mirror of a theory-pilled society

The World Cup brought the world together. It also exposed FIFA’s fraught empire. I spoke to Jules Boykoff about these tensions, and whether anything can be done to reform football's overlords.

With cries of malfeasance and injustice over refereeing decisions, Fifa actions and even Argentina’s run, the tournament is a mirror of a theory-pilled society