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As the American faces a $21 billion federal probe, his stakes in Chelsea and the LA Dodgers look vulnerable - but ring-fenced funding means his major Olympic sports investments appear safe
While New Delhi deploys unconventional animal control to protect the Badminton World Championships, bureaucratic chaos and governance crises continue to threaten India’s ambitions to host the Games
A guide to what is happening in the Olympic Movement on and off the field of play this week
Embroiled in a controversial plot to sell off a massive stake in the FIFA World Cup, the American bank is facing intense scrutiny over its new multi-million dollar Olympic sponsorship deal
High prices and bad marketing are blamed for the poor turnout at the European Athletics Championships, casting an unexpected doubt over plans to bring the sport’s flagship event back to Britain
Defiant over Europe’s demands he resign and buoyed by Donald Trump’s backing, there are fears the FIFA President will launch a scorched-earth counter-strike that could wreck the world’s game
As the search begins for four Ugandan boxers missing from Glasgow 2026, history suggests they have already entered a well-practiced, underground network
A guide to what is happening in the Olympic Movement on and off the field of play this week
This week marks the centenary of athletics officials reluctantly voting to let women compete in the Games. This is the story of how early female athletes defied institutional sexism to run the world
Scotland has saved the Commonwealth Games, for now at least - and while hiding the event behind a paywall in the UK was an absolute disaster, the fact they were even staged means they were a winner
Tech safeguards and neutral judges at Glasgow 2026 helped erase ghost of IBA corruption, but erratic scoring showed work still needs to be done before Olympics
