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Thanks to You, Investigative Journalism Lives On

Forget jeansgate—Magnus Carlsen's deal with Saudi Arabia is the real story

A day in the life of a footballer in Gaza

Norway’s lonely fight to save football's soul

Ex-Chelsea boss accused of election meddling in Moldova

The Fall of the Golden Knight

Fields of Freedom

The beautiful game, with a Trump twist

Football's role in the struggle for power in Syria

How Saudi Arabia reshaped the sports world in its image

Black Friday Special: 30% off lifetime access

The unbearable silence in women’s football

Trump's AG pick lobbied for Qatar ahead of World Cup

Defying war, Gaza’s footballers play on

UFC 309 was Trump’s MAGA coronation

Don’t trust Neymar

Sudan’s football success casts light on an overlooked war

The UFC put Trump in the White House. Time to pay attention

How Trump and the UFC are targeting Arab American voters

Episode 3: Fight! Fight! Fight!

The UFC once championed Democrats. What happened?

Episode 2: Combatant-in-Chief

Trump chose a wrestling podcast over '60 Minutes'—and it paid off

How Chechnya’s warlord extinguished a UFC fighter’s star

Can Saudi Aramco be stopped?

Episode 1: 'Do You Wanna Be a F***ing Fighter?'

These dictators are bonding over fight sports

How Andrew Tate profits off MMA and Islam

Coming soon: In The Red Corner

Through sports, a lens on the Gaza war

FIFA stalls on Israel sanctions...again

The Kamala Harris Playbook

Abu Dhabi is betting big on surfing

What it costs to bow to Saudi Arabia

MMA fighter linked to Kadyrov involved in deadly Moscow shootout

The Politics of Yoga

How Brazilian jiu-jitsu shaped the UAE's national identity

Steven Seagal and the art of the grift

Let’s Talk Politics

Palestine closing in on World Cup history

Celebrate my birthday with a special offer!

In Gaza, football offers boys a brief escape from war

How Saudi Arabia buys influence in US Sports

New BBC doc, featuring my insights, paints chilling picture of MBS

Netanyahu’s Olympic Victory

The Kremlin-backed boxing federation fuelling the Imane Khelif scandal

India’s star wrestler survived abuse to make Olympic history. Then everything went wrong

JK Rowling's imaginary trans Olympian

Saudi Arabia is ascending; are journalists up to the task?

How Bahrain buys its Olympic medals

Football continues to ignite the flames of war

Israel’s Olympic Soldiers

Paris Olympics bring French neo-colonialism to forefront

FIFA delays decision as pressure mounts to sanction Israel

Fight for Power: How Trump remade the UFC in his image

The Olympic Myth (w/ Jules Boykoff)

When football matters (and when it doesn't)

The rise and fall of Khabib Nurmagomedov

Khabib’s gym raided after terror attack: here’s what you need to know

Europe’s most extreme football fans are converging at Euro 2024

MMA fighter linked to UFC star among militants killed in Dagestan attack

Sorry fans, Saudi won’t save boxing

Palestine's first ever Olympian dies in Gaza from lack of treatment

Far-right shadows loom over Euro 2024 in Germany

Israeli MMA fighter survives "attempted murder" in Ukraine, blames UFC fighters, Kanye West and Muslims

Despots are taking over your favorite sports. Here is what you can do about it

American authoritarianism, sponsored by the UFC

The Game of Dispossession

When will it be enough?

The many contradictions of women's empowerment in Saudi Arabia

When years of journalism disappear in minutes

FIFA hypocrisy on display as governing body defers Palestinian motion to bar Israel

How Israel plans to foil Palestine's FIFA sanctions campaign

Israeli pro boxer identified as assailant intimidating UCLA protestors in video

Beyond Black Gold: How Saudi's oil giant became a sports powerhouse

Kadyrov's dying. But don't worry, he's still crushing reps

Naming the athlete victims of Israel's war on Gaza

Did the Pharaohs invent sports diplomacy?

This is what happens when NY Times abandons sports journalism

How the UFC won (with Luke Thomas)

Climbing for Palestine

It's only a matter of time before Saudi Arabia hosts a WrestleMania

Community Corner: Come chat, connect and ask me anything!

Fear and football in Saudi Arabia

Decoding Saudi's tennis playbook (with Jon Wertheim)

Palestine on course for historic World Cup qualification

Moscow terrorist attack rekindles personal reflections from my time in Russia

Israel faces calls for football ban as Euro qualifying playoffs approach

Celebrating one year of Sports Politika

A football history of Israel-Palestine w/ Nicholas Blincoe

Russia’s reimagined sports world

The fight to sanction Israel in international sports w/ Katarina Pijetlovic

Blood, Sweat, Hate: MMA's festering neo-Nazi problem

The systematic destruction of Gaza's football stadiums

How a UFC star was banned from entering the United States

Can the US safely host the 2026 World Cup?

Why my name was inscribed on an artillery shell bound for Gaza

Arrests and religious repression: Football ensnared in Saudi's latest act of subjugation

It is time to change how we talk about Saudi sports

Palestine solidarity on display at US Olympic Trials

Taylor Swift, the NFL and the unhinged American Right

How Saudi Arabia bought Messi's endorsement—and his silence

Saudi Arabia's path to sporting dominance w/Stanis Elsborg

What is the top US diplomat doing at an African football event?

For the UFC, bigotry is the main event

Rafael Nadal sold out

Sports cannot—and should not—avoid the war in Gaza

War and geopolitics cast shadow over Asian Cup in Qatar

Football in the time of hunger

‘I will never forgive them’: Gaza grieves atrocities at historic football stadium