Football’s enduring controversies show why journalism matters 

Rappler - Sep 27, 2026

Journalists will keep probing the secrecy around FIFA's affairs. It is the public's right to know how, and in whose interest, football’s future is being designed and where the game's US$ billions in revenue are ending up.

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