Sporting Intelligence
Nick Harris, Roger Pielke Jr., Samindra Kunti, Simon Cambers: On TennisFollowing the money, uncovering corruption, and diving into the data to tell the stories that matter.
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England v Argentina, a relationship defined by Ossie & Ricky, the Falklands, Maradona & more
England play Argentina in Atlanta tonight for a place in the World Cup final. There is loads of history between the two. Rattin in 1966. The Falklands War. The Hand of God. Owen v Argentina. Beckham v Argentina. Sapporo.
The Falklands conf...
Ken Bates, the football rogue who didn't give a f**k about anything but him and his clubs
Ken Bates (below), the former owner of Chelsea who kick-started the foreign ownership of major English football clubs by selling Chelsea to Roman Abramovich in 2003, has died at the age of 94.
Bates was abrasive, combative, elusive, secret...
From Taylor Swift's wedding to England's 27% chance of the semis: the column that has it all
Sam Kunti's latest dispatch from the World Cup investigates prediction markets, FIFA's latest amoral money-making wheeze. We also look at England's chances of the last 4.
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Would you take $15k to promote a crypto-gambling firm? Tempted, but it's an obvious no
This post is going to be short and sweet.
In the past week I was offered $15,000 to post links within eight pieces to a crypto-gambling firm. It was a legit offer. The money was real. The deal was real.
I was tempted. In the first decade...
Happy birthday USA! And welcome to the most commercialised World Cup in history
Happy 250th birthday to the USA for tomorrow! And welcome to the most American Sporting Intelligence newsletter that you will ever read.
Much of this World Cup has been ‘Americanised’ - from the commercial breaks (let’s call them what the...
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Experienced sportswriter with a track record of breaking huge stories
Undisciplined scholar, recovering academic I research and write about the messy and complicated places where science meets policy and politics
Sam Kunti is a reporter, who investigates FIFA, the gambling industry and labour abuses in the Gulf. He writes for Josimar, World Soccer and Forbes, and contributes to the BBC. He is the author of ‘Brazil 1970’. Graduate of Columbia University.
Tennis journalist, veteran of 80+ Grand Slams. Regular contributor to The Guardian, ESPN, New York Times. Co-author The Roger Federer Effect; commentator for Radio Roland-Garros & AO Radio; president International Tennis Writers' Association (ITWA)
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