Hungary's government files charges against prominent journalist for alleged espionage The journalist, Szabolcs Panyi, focuses on national security and intelligence reporting and has published extensive reports detailing Russian influence operations in Hungary as well as the relationshi...

Hungary’s government filed espionage charges against investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi, who reported on Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó's communications with Moscow.

Silent slaughter - josimarfootball.com Enough footballers were killed by the Iranian Islamist regime in the space of forty-eight hours in January to make up two full teams. Fifa’s response? Silence.

Enough footballers were killed by the Iranian Islamist regime in the space of forty-eight hours in January to make up two full teams. Fifa’s response? Silence.

By Zohreh Abdollahkhani

josimarfootball.com/2026/03/05/s...

Anytime Cas!

1. James Montague on Ultras - RADIKAAL My first guest is the British football writer James Montague, the award-winning author of four books, including When Friday Comes: Football, War and Revolution in the Middle East and Thirty-One Nil: O...

Tomorrow we will discuss "ultras" in my "Soccer and Politics" course. The students will listen to my interview with @jamespiotr.bsky.social - which was the first episode of my podcast RADIKAAL. It was the perfect start (although, fortunately, the sound quality improved over the years).

Denne vart bestilt etter besøk og foredrag med James Montague på Bergen Bibliotek for 2 veker sidan, i dag kom den i postkassa @jamespiotr.bsky.social @challa1.bsky.social

Ballen er vår! Ny serie på biblioteket. Foredrag om Saudi-Arabia og Ultras med @jamespiotr.bsky.social 5. og 6. februar og @aselliaas.bsky.social om Det farlige spillet 24. mars. Flere show kommer. Kom?

Thank you Simon!

Interview met voetbaljournalist James Montague De Engelse voetbaljournalist James Montague schrijft over voetbal, politiek en samenleving. Hij is de auteur van bestsellers als When Friday Comes: Football Re

Mijn interview met de vermaarde voetbaljournalist @jamespiotr.bsky.social. We spraken o.a. over zijn nieuwe boek "Engulfed: How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World". Het volledige interview verschijnt komende maand in @panenkanl.bsky.social. www.indehekken.net/interview-me...

I dream of one day playing on grass!

Try playing in goal

Crystal Palace officially appeal to CAS pushing to be reinstated into Europa League at the expense of either Nottingham Forest (who were bumped up to replace them by UEFA) or John Textor’s other team, Lyon.

The Athletic FC Podcast: At what cost? Saudi Arabia and soccer There's been two football tournaments in the United States this summer, the Club World Cup and the Gold Cup. Both with an ostensible Saudi feel, all part of grand plan to invest heavily in sport ba...

Also includes Saudi international & Al Hilal opinions inc fans, Engulfed author @jamespiotr.bsky.social “everyone has their price”, analysis of Trump/US geo-political relations, @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social on Middle East instability impact & much more

pod.fo/e/2f6765

Thanks to both the @esportsworldcup.bsky.social and @jamespiotr.bsky.social for contributing to this week’s Memo, which I think is well worth a read

Nazis especially visible in my part of Berlin at the moment. Shaven heads and Helly Hansen tracksuit tops (HH for Heil Hitler); Ellesse tracksuit tops (worn so they can show off the SS symbol). It’s wild how in some German towns this is as natural a part of youth culture as hip-hop is in the US.

A letter from Philippe Auclair - josimarfootball.com The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise € 50k by 1 July, the world's only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist.

A message from @philippeauclair.bsky.social

The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise 50 000 euro by 1 July, the world’s only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist.

josimarfootball.com/2025/06/03/a...

This is an extract from my new book “Engulfed: How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World”, out now with @blinkbooks.bsky.social

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1785...

This is an extract from my new book “Engulfed: How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World”, out now with @blinkbooks.bsky.social

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1785...

Visiting NEOM, the new Saudi superclub built to rule all others before the 2034 World Cup James Montague visited the kingdom to find out more about a club being geared up to take on the world

Last yr I turned on the TV in my Riyadh hotel. A Saudi 3rd div game was on & a team called NEOM was playing. It sparked a journey that uncovered a plan to build the biggest club in the world from scratch.

An extract from my book “Engulfed”: @theathletic.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/athletic/632...

NEW with @simonkuper.bsky.social:

The prevailing narrative around increased injuries and player workload in elite football is wrong.

Players don’t play any more football than in the past. What has changed is a sharp rise in intensity of play.

Not more minutes, but each minute exerts more load.

BBC News: Surgeon invents plastic-reducing urine collection pot Caption: Urologist Nick Burns-Cox from Somerset Hospitals NHS Trust and his team

Nominative determinism hard at work on this one.

It's lunchtime and we have already been kicked out of the FIFA hotel.

Meanwhile, 5000 security personnel, including the army and tanks, have been deployed in Asunción to safeguard the 'football family'.

All totally normal.

Leon’s appeal against being booted out of Club World Cup for having same owners as Pachuca has failed. So FIFA’s plan for Club America to play off against LA FC will now determine 32nd team. That place should be LA’s but Club America is popular and FIFA needs to shift tickets to the meritocratic CWC

Thank you!

İBB'ye yeni operasyon: İSKİ Genel Müdürü dahil 47 kişi gözaltında Polis ekipleri sabah saatlerinde İstanbul, Ankara ve Tekirdağ'da çok sayıda adrese eş zamanlı baskınlar düzenledi. İBB'de üst düzey yöneticilerin de aralarında bulunduğu gözaltı kararı verilen 53 kişi...

Happening in Turkey: Saturday morning wave of police operations against politicians and officials, tens of people have been detained in Istanbul, Ankara and Tekirdağ in Western Turkey tr.euronews.com/2025/04/26/i...

How Governments Spy On Protestors—And How To Avoid It | Incognito Mode | WIRED YouTube video by WIRED

NEW: In the latest episode of the YouTube series I host, @lhn.bsky.social joins me to get into the nitty gritty of surveillance against protesters and steps you can take to protect yourself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL34...

Thank you Andreas!

«Slukt av Saudi-Arabia» - Idrettspolitikk BOKANMELDELSE: Den anerkjente og prisvinnende journalisten James Montague har skrevet en svært god og viktige bok om Saudi-Arabias erobring av idretten. Den er opplysende skremmende og gir et unikt in...

Litt lavbluss her for tiden (noe jeg kommer tilbake til), men jeg har i hvert fall lest en bok, som jeg anbefaler på det sterkeste. Den er det @jamespiotr.bsky.social som har før til pennen. idrettspolitikk.no/2025/04/15/s...

Why Saudi Arabia is buying sport YouTube video by Tifo Podcast

Late to this, but glad to see @jamespiotr.bsky.social fighting the good fight, explaining the why & how of Saudi money in sport. (note: it's a source of unending wonder to me that in 2025 it's genuinely necessary to explain wahhabism in a sports podcast). www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AMa...

How Saudi Arabia Bought Golf YouTube video by Tifo Sports by The Athletic

The Masters are on, but there's a hidden contest: LIV Golf v the PGA Tour.

Here's a video from my new book for Tifo Sports, about the Saudi golf takeover & the resulting uncivil war.

Feat: the PIF, McIlroy, Mickelson going rogue, Woods, a $850m deal plus Donald Trump.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3wh8...