The former NFL player is embroiled in what may be Mississippi’s biggest corruption scandal ever: the misuse of welfare funds for ego projects that did nothing to help the state’s poor people.

The Qatar World Cup never should have happened. But there are signs that the world is finally waking up to the corrupt arrangements that brought it about.

This tournament has been chaotic, breathtaking, tragic, and wonderful. How do we make sense of it?

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian jail, and the far right is upset about it.

Griner was released by the Russian government and is coming home, 10 months after her arrest.

No, it is not going to win the World Cup (this year), but it is fun as hell.

An Iranian state media reporter pressed Tyler Adams about racism in America. The men's soccer captain answered thoughtfully.

Amid nationwide protests in Iran, Iran's national team chose to stay silent during the national anthem before its game against England.

After the Nets suspended Irving for five games, Irving has finally kind of apologized.

As Saudi Arabia’s takeover of English soccer club Newcastle proves, the media is highly susceptible to sportswashing by corrupt regimes.

The clumsy kickoff of this ill-starred competitor of the PGA has been a window into a tawdriness that infects international sports.

Putin’s oligarchs didn’t force their way in. We begged them to come, Labourites and Tories alike.

The invasion of Ukraine shines a harsh light on the obscene greed that has guided decision-making for decades.

International sports’ most heralded competition is stuck on a trajectory that will force the games into the arms of corrupt nations.

Shams Charania and Adam Schefter showed why access journalism is a bankrupt and corrupt approach to newsgathering.

The Raiders coach’s racist, sexist, and homophobic emails should prompt a deeper reckoning for the league.

Six months after fans brought down the Super League, European soccer is more corrupt than ever.

TNR editor Michael Tomasky talks with the acclaimed filmmaker about his new project, airing Sunday on PBS.

Simone Biles joined three fellow athletes in offering harrowing testimony of the abuse they faced at the hands of the convicted U.S. Olympic team doctor.

The greatest player ever, much like fans of the sport, was left with no good options.