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    The scramble for Africa

    By Lars 02/02/2023
    02/02/2023

    In 2018, according to documents seen by Josimar, the African Football Confederation (Caf) entered a ten year long sponsorship deal worth close to 60 million euro with controversial online bookmaker 1XBet. But Caf is now “re-evaluating” its business relationship with 1XBet, in a move that could cost millions for the cash-strapped confederation.

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  • Bankrupt and expanding

    By Lars 20/01/2023
    20/01/2023

    The sponsor of Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, 1XBet, was declared bankrupt this week. But the bookmaker is still signing new deals with several actors in international football.

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  • The sale

    By Lars 12/01/2023
    12/01/2023

    In December Molde sold Datro David Fofana to Chelsea for a reported 13 million euro, a new record for a transfer from a Norwegian club. But was Fofana Molde’s player? Or did the club steal the attacker from his Ivorian club Abidjan City FC?

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  • Christmas in Doha

    By Lars 24/12/2022
    24/12/2022

    No salary and no food. David, 17, and Paul, 18, worked as security guards during the World Cup, but are now left without a job and accommodation.

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  • Fixing friendlies – zero scrutiny

    By Lars 21/12/2022
    21/12/2022

    Low level club friendlies remain at greater risk of match fixing but football’s international governing bodies are doing little or nothing to try and regulate what are essentially privately organised fixtures with no integrity safeguarding.

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  • The climate of fear

    By Lars 17/12/2022
    17/12/2022

    Mohamed works as a security guard at a World Cup stadium. He has not been able to sleep for days – the stress and the anxiety getting to him. He wants to return to Dhaka as soon as possible.

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  • The invisibles

    By Lars 06/12/2022
    06/12/2022

    In the shadow of the vast gold-clad bowl Lusail stadium, the World Cup’s 1 billion-dollar centrepiece venue resembling the ark of Noah, Joseph sums up his existence, his fate tied to that of the World Cup: “No one sees us.”

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  • World Cup security guards: Unpaid and exploited

    By Lars 23/11/2022
    23/11/2022

    They haven’t been paid salaries for the last two months. Meet two African security guards that work for a company that has several Fifa and World Cup assignments during the tournament in Qatar.

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  • Corporate football: The reality of the beautiful game?

    By Lars 15/11/2022
    15/11/2022

    Multi club-ownership (MCO) might make sense as a corporate strategy for Middle Eastern sportswashers or private equity raiders but for just about everyone else, the concept of gobbling up football clubs into one amorphous group does not.

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  • Don’t look up

    By Lars 08/11/2022
    08/11/2022

    According to Fifa, Qatar 2022 is to be the ‘greenest of all World Cups’. But independent reports show that far from being the first carbon-neutral global sports competition in sports history, as promised by Fifa president Gianni Infantino, the forthcoming World Cup will be the dirtiest ever staged.

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  • Editorial – Josimar International Edition

    By Lars 26/10/2022
    26/10/2022

    Politicians, leading academics and international trade unions have praised Qatar for its reforms since they were given the hosting rights to the 2022 World Cup in 2010, following a corrupt process. But how are things really on the ground?

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  • Josimar International Edition 2022

    By Lars 26/10/2022
    26/10/2022

    Order your copy now.

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  • Supporting the perpetrator

    By Lars 28/09/2022
    28/09/2022

    President of the French olympic committee (CNOSF), Brigitte Henriques, is accused of not taking action towards sexual abuse during her time as head of women’s football and vice president of the FFF. Josimar can reveal that she openly supported a senior officer convicted for sexual harassment.

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  • More than a betting operator

    By Lars 27/09/2022
    27/09/2022

    Russian-owned betting company 1XBet has been declared bankrupt and owes millions. Yet it still operates, using porn stars to attract punters, and is a partner of FC Barcelona. It expanded into Ukraine, but was recently banned for its support of Putin’s war machine.

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  • “They say we have to pay 4500 riyals to change employer”

    By Lars 23/09/2022
    23/09/2022

    A company directly and heavily involved with the World Cup in Qatar, with thousands of employees, is blackmailing its workers.

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  • The dirty ref

    By Lars 21/09/2022
    21/09/2022

    In July 2022, the French Football Federation (FFF) terminated the contract of Daniel Galletti, head of referees in Paris, without giving any reason. He was removed for sexual blackmail and sexual harassment of underage referees.

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