Will Gulf states join war? Game Theory: Are Iran's athletes political pawns? Game Theory Are Iran's athletes political pawns? While in Australia, members of Iran's women's football team found themselves at the centre of an international political storm. As several players choose to return home, difficult questions are being raised about athlete safety, agency and Western intervention.

Game Theory: Is legal doping in sport a good idea? As the Winter Games celebrate the Olympic motto, Faster, Higher, Stronger -- Together, a new competition is openly allowing the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Samantha Johnson looks at the Enhanced Games and how doping, once sport's red line, is now being marketed as innovation. AFCON: To walk or not to walk?

India vs Pakistan will go ahead at the T20 World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. After a week of uncertainty, quiet talks won out. This wasn't just a fixture under threat, it was a test of power, money and governance in global cricket. AFCON: To walk or not to walk?

As the ICC Men's T20 World Cup gets under way, Samantha Johnson looks at how the IPL exclusion of one Bangladeshi player led to an entire country exiting the tournament, and whether there are signs of a double standard. AFCON: To walk or not to walk?

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When the president of the Confederation of African Football, Patrice Motsepe, announced plans to move AFCON from a two-year to a four-year cycle, it raised a big question: Who actually benefits from that change? Samantha Johnson speaks to sports analyst Usher Komugisha about the power dynamics shaping the debate, and what it could mean for African football. Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua: Is this good for Boxing?

From colonial roots to sledging, Samantha Johnson takes a look at why this rivalry has always been about more than runs and wickets. Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua: Is this good for Boxing? Why does Israel play in European Football?

Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua: Is this good for Boxing? Game Theory Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua: Is this good for Boxing? Samantha Johnson looks at how audience, attention and money are reshaping modern boxing. Jake Paul is a YouTuber with a global audience. Anthony Joshua is a former unified heavyweight champion.

Football, under French colonial rule, was built to exclude them. So Algerians built their own club. The Sports Association in Constantine may have laid the foundations in 1898, but it was MC Alger, founded in 1921 who was the first football club that sparked a statement of identity, resistance and belonging. Samantha Johnson looks at how a football club fought colonial rule. Why does Israel play in European Football?