Jacob Whitehead

EXCLUSIVE: Ivory Coast starting striker Elye Wahi arrested on suspicion of alleged fixing offences just two weeks before World Cup. The 23-year-old has not been charged but remains subject of an active investigation.

RT @sophwilkinson: this is absolutely revolting - surely one for the bar standards council

RT @charlotteharpur: Excl: FIFA faces possible legal action from some women’s players if they don't receive proportionately equal prize money at #WWC2027. It comes after a letter signed by players from 45 nations & FIFPRO was sent to FIFA in Sept. @TheAthleticFC @jwhitey98

Exclusive: FIFA face potential legal action from a group of women's players should they not receive equal prize money at next summer's World Cup. Development follows a previously unreported letter signed by players from 45 nations. W/ @charlotteharpur:

Last month, England rugby captain Maro Itoje sat down with Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta to talk leadership. Interviewed Itoje on his own approach to leading — on delegation, samurai swords, and benevolent dictatorships:

RT @nytimes: From @TheAthleticFC: Police are investigating suspected insider trading after a series of bets successfully predicted the exact order of the top five male finishers in the 2026 Ballon d’Or.

News: Per @UpsideMediaoff, French police are investigating suspected insider trading at the Ballon d'Or. Exact order of the top five successfully predicted by 12 linked Polymarket accounts, generating €200,000 in profits:

RT @jwhitey98: Six weeks after his Vuelta crash, Tadej Pogacar went for a routine scan - and discovered he’d broken not one, but three vertebrae. “I’m just happy to be alive, actually.” Exclusive interview on the crash, his recovery, racing Europeans, and gelato ⬇️

RT @TheAthletic: Cycling superstar Tadej Pogacar thought he had broken one vertebrae in his spine. In fact, it was three. Pogacar saw his season come to a terrifying halt at the Vuelta a España on August 29. He spoke exclusively to The Athletic about the mental and physical toll of recovery, his nervousness about getting back on the bike, and why the sport must do more to improve safety.

RT @PodontheTyne: @jwhitey98 returns to help us preview a double header vs David Moyes’ Everton. It’s a proper PL test of Matthias Jaissle after the windy win at Palace, but with cup consequences.

RT @jwhitey98: Harry Kane is the men's Ballon d'Or winner. On the day he became the first ever Londoner to claim the title, I rode through Harry Kane's London to discover the places and people that made him. A journey from Chingford's Ridgeway Park to the Palladium:

RT @AdamCrafton_: Two years ago today, Philadelphia Union’s goalkeeper Holden Trent suddenly died. Now, for the first time, his extraordinary family speak not only about the tragedy, but also how he defied all medical odds to reach the professional game. Free to read.

RT @TheAthletic: ◽️ UK Grand Departs for men's and women's races ◽️ Three rest days (one more than usual) ◽️ Is this a route designed for Evenepoel to beat Pogačar? ◽️Why Paul Seixas should be quietly confident ◽️ A Col du Portet climax in brutal Pyrenees denouement for men ◽️ Femmes finish on iconic Puy de Dôme, but will fans be allowed? The 2027 Tour De France routes were revealed in a glitzy event in Paris on Thursday. Read @jwhitey98's analysis of both courses for free:

RT @TheAthleticFC: Erik ten Hag knows what it is like to be in the eye of the storm at Manchester United. @LaurieWhitwell spent two evenings with the Dutchman in his hometown of Enschede, in the east of the Netherlands, to peel back the curtain on his two-and-a-half years at Old Trafford. In part one, Ten Hag talks about: ▪️ The broken “promises” that led to his sacking ▪️ Why he had to act on Cristiano Ronaldo, a player who “let the team down” ▪️ His desire to sign Harry Kane and Declan Rice ▪️ The “toxic culture” and the "Madrid connection" that brought player power to the club 🔗

RT @TheAthleticFC: In 2016, the funding of Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour's 482ft superyacht, the Topaz, saw him named as one of the "co-conspirators" in a $4.5 billion scandal a U.S. judge called “one of the biggest financial crimes in the history of the world”. In the international fallout, IPIC, the $70 billion sovereign wealth fund Mansour operated, was wound up, and a claim made in court that “the sheikh would not get out of bed for less than $100m” caused intense embarrassment. Now, a decade on from what would become known as the 1MDB scandal, Mansour faces another reckoning. 📝 @jwhitey98 🔗

For Sheikh Mansour, the stakes of the Manchester City investigation are far-reaching. Scandal has been at his door before. A piece on 1MDB, the Topaz yacht, and a claim that “the sheikh would not get out of bed for less than $100m”. Free to read ⬇️

RT @mjshrimper: 🎙️ A pod of two halves. 1st half: Man City & PSG, same but different? 2nd half: How Gianni Infantino’s last stand became the launch of Gianni 2.0…the FIFA revolt is over, bar some angrily-written questions. With Adam, Kate, Rob & guest star @jwhitey98

Proposed F1 Grand Prix in Rwanda labelled "morally indefensible" by DR Congo foreign minister. Follows allegations of sportswashing with Rwanda told to withdraw from DRC by United Nations, and sanctioned by United States. With @LukeSmithF1:

RT @TheAthleticFC: Twenty years ago, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City could be characterised as underperforming clubs from major cities. Then, both clubs were taken over by ownership groups closely linked to nation-states — City by deputy prime minister Sheikh Mansour’s Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG) in 2008, PSG by state-backed Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) in 2011. They both dominated domestically and won the Champions League. But now both clubs stand in very different places. City are domestic pariahs. PSG seem to only be on the way up. 📝 @jwhitey98 and @jameshorncastle