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When Politics Play Referee: The Balogun Saga Exposes FIFA’s Vulnerability
Trump’s lobbying over Folarin Balogun’s red‑card reversal raises fresh doubts about the impartiality of World Cup discipline.
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cricketThe ICC’s radical calendar overhaul – why fixed windows, continental championships and a World Club Champions tournament could reshape international cricket
The ICC’s flirtation with a fixed‑window calendar...
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world cup 2026Morocco’s 3‑0 Victory: Pressing, Ounahi’s Brilliance and What It Means for Africa and the Rest of the Draw
A coordinated press, a brace from Azzedine Ounahi and a clinical finish from Soufiane Rahimi sent co‑hosts Canada packing and secured Morocco’s first World Cup quarter‑final berth. The result reshapes
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nbaWhy the Midrange Jumper Refuses to Die
Analytics spent 15 years telling the NBA the midrange was a bad shot. The playoffs keep disagreeing — and both sides are right.
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analyticsThe Analytics Arms Race Has a Blind Spot, and It's the Size of a Locker Room
Every club has a data department now. The edge has moved to the thing spreadsheets still can't see: how humans respond to being measured.
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footballThe Classic No. 9 Isn't Dead — It Was Just Waiting for the Game to Come Back Around
False nines were supposed to make the old-school striker extinct. Instead, the penalty-box predator is quietly having the last laugh.
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