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A piece about the complicated and controversial life and times of Mo Farah, who I first met when he was 16, and the challenges of reporting on that, fairly and accurately, in the face of PRs and lawyers
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Mo Farah: a case study of asking difficult questions to a lauded sportsperson you admire
What happens when a sporting superstar who has become a cherished national figure faces issues that need scrutiny? Tact, lawyers and PRs tend to collide in the fallout
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February 6, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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A piece about the complicated and controversial life and times of Mo Farah, who I first met when he was 16, and the challenges of reporting on that, fairly and accurately, in the face of PRs and lawyers
sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/mo-farah-a...
Mo Farah: a case study of asking difficult questions to a lauded sportsperson you admire
What happens when a sporting superstar who has become a cherished national figure faces issues that need scrutiny? Tact, lawyers and PRs tend to collide in the fallout
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February 6, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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@sportingintel.bsky.social have you seen this? All the files, emails, photos, flights, organised in a Google Workspace style to search and read. Technology at its greatest and most useful www.jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com
You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
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February 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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Mo Farah: a case study of asking difficult questions to a lauded sportsperson you admire
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Mo Farah: a case study of asking difficult questions to a lauded sportsperson you admire
What happens when a sporting superstar who has become a cherished national figure faces issues that need scrutiny? Tact, lawyers and PRs tend to collide in the fallout
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February 6, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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The Epstein files and sport: postscript No1
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The Epstein files and sport: postscript No1
Yesterday I wrote a piece about “the Epstein files” and some links to sport and how “document dumps” can be both a journalistic blessing and a curse.
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February 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Piece tells you how to access now defunct "document dump" about Russian doping; Football Leaks; USADA docs on Lance A; a spreadsheet of 12,000 blood tests on track & field athletes from 2001-12; and some Fancy Bears stuff
February 4, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse. Five examples from sport show why
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As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse
Leaks of incendiary materials can be full of red herrings, banalities and bullshit. Diligent reporters sift the wheat from the chaff. It's not easy. But it can be fruitful
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February 4, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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Piece tells you how to access now defunct "document dump" about Russian doping; Football Leaks; USADA docs on Lance A; a spreadsheet of 12,000 blood tests on track & field athletes from 2001-12; and some Fancy Bears stuff
February 4, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse. Five examples from sport show why
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As the Epstein case shows, "document dumps" are both a journalistic blessing and a curse
Leaks of incendiary materials can be full of red herrings, banalities and bullshit. Diligent reporters sift the wheat from the chaff. It's not easy. But it can be fruitful
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February 4, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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Proving to be the most popular read of 2026 so far, with all the engagement you'd expect from Man City fans especially, taking the time and effort to tell me how much they don't care about this AT ALL.
January 31, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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So many Man City fans seem to think the 115 case is the first time they've been accused of financial misconduct and don't recall multiple previous cases and €90m of fines, later reduced to "only" €30m. Hope this Q&A refreshes memories
January 30, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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It's all answered in the piece Miko - although the FA have nothing to do with the case, as I'm sure you know.
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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So many Man City fans seem to think the 115 case is the first time they've been accused of financial misconduct and don't recall multiple previous cases and €90m of fines, later reduced to "only" €30m. Hope this Q&A refreshes memories
January 30, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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A dozen questions about the end game of Manchester City's "115" case, and its aftermath
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A dozen questions about the end game of Manchester City's "115" case, and its aftermath
The Premier League began investigating alleged rule-breaking by Man City in late 2018, charging them with 115 rule breaches in 2023. Into an eighth year, the case rumbles on
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January 29, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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In elite club football, you get what you pay for, unless the owners are incompetent or geniuses
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In elite club football, you get what you pay for, unless the owners are incompetent or geniuses
Deloitte's latest 'Football Money League' dropped yesterday, detailing the richest 30 clubs in the world by revenue. Today I'll look at what their wage bills tell us about them
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January 23, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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In elite club football, you get what you pay for, unless the owners are incompetent or geniuses
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In elite club football, you get what you pay for, unless the owners are incompetent or geniuses
Deloitte's latest 'Football Money League' dropped yesterday, detailing the richest 30 clubs in the world by revenue. Today I'll look at what their wage bills tell us about them
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January 23, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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We don't need to rehash the case against Infantino but he sucked up to warmonger Putin, massively, ignoring obvious state doping; fell in love with human-rights abusing Qatar and Saudi, for cash; and has spent a year and more up the rectum of Trump.
January 22, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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Infantino isn't just a worse FIFA president than Blatter (sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/from-the-c...), he's an abysmal human. His continued obsequious behaviour towards a demented, dangerous clown like Trump is woeful. A "board of peace" with Putin, Orbán and Lukashenko is an utter farce.
From the company he keeps to his disregard for football, Infantino is worse than Blatter
Sepp Blatter oversaw some terrible misconduct and was far from perfect. But he asked world leaders: "What can you do for football?". Infantino asks what HE can do for THEM.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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I would imagine they would have stopped some of the more egregious stuff, like Mancini's two contracts. Did Pep have two too? City would never answer that question but my hunch is he probably did at the start but doesn't now. We really can't know, and City won't engage to answer.
January 18, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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As a one-off gesture in the name of transparency and to perhaps help some City fans see what their club have done, I've un-paywalled this article. Skip to the point where you can download and read a set of documents that tell you what happened.
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As "disruptors" Man City try to dismantle PL rules, NEW details of financial chicanery
The Premier League's 20 clubs meet in London to vote on sponsorship rules. And we publish documents and contracts that throw new light on some of City's APT deals.
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January 17, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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As a one-off gesture in the name of transparency and to perhaps help some City fans see what their club have done, I've un-paywalled this article. Skip to the point where you can download and read a set of documents that tell you what happened.
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As "disruptors" Man City try to dismantle PL rules, NEW details of financial chicanery
The Premier League's 20 clubs meet in London to vote on sponsorship rules. And we publish documents and contracts that throw new light on some of City's APT deals.
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January 17, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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Happy birthday for the other day ... I think?
January 16, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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Macclesfield's record FA Cupset and why it was such a phenomenal result. Plus: the world's best academies; PL attendance record incoming; and WC ticket prices.
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Macclesfield's record FA Cupset and why it was such a phenomenal result
No team in the history of the FA Cup since 1871 has beaten a top-division opponent when being as "minor" in the football pyramid as 117 places below the other team.
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January 16, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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One of my sports writing heroes. Read him at the Indy in my student days when I had no inkling I might follow in his footsteps. RIP JR, the best of us
January 15, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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REVEALED: FA targets low-hanging fruit for illegal betting as game drowns in gambling ads
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REVEALED: FA targets low-hanging fruit for illegal betting as game drowns in gambling ads
An investigation for Sporting Intelligence details the disproportionate number of betting charges against non-league players as the pro game embraces gambling
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January 15, 2026 at 10:17 AM