A deep investigation into Oxford’s partnership with Alfa Bank and Len Blavatnik.
(Mention in The Times) Oxford University receives £3m from ‘Putin crony’ Vladimir Potanin
I was mentioned in The Times due to my scoop in finding that Potanin donated to Oxford.
Putin’s ‘hockey buddy’ funded Teddy Hall and Saïd Business School
Oxford University accepted over £3m from Vladimir Potanin, the second richest man in Russia.
Analysis: 5 challenges Brazilian domestic football must overcome
In the underground boardrooms of the Hilton Hotel in São Paulo, Brazil’s top lawyers and businessmen convened for a two-day conference discussing the future of Brazilian football. Sports betting, fan violence, and NFTs were among the central items on the agenda for discussion at the CONFUT event, yet two words were almost certainly mentioned in every lift and every hotel corridor conversation: ‘SAF’ and ‘league’.
Why did Brazil’s awful 2014 WC striker Fred receive a hero’s farewell to football?
Outside Brazil, Fred’s that lump who lost 7-1. But for Brazilians, Fred is the national league’s second highest top goalscorer ever, Fred is the man who stops to talk to his fans on the streets, Fred is the fox-in-the-box, instinctive striker, and, for Fluminense FC fans, the Superman-Rambo hybrid who is worthy enough of an extravagantly ceremonious farewell to football.
