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Illustration for the Opinion article “The 2026 Ballon d'Or is a World Cup award wearing a season's clothes”: an AI-generated editorial illustration showing an empty training ground at dawn with cones and markers laid out, with the headline set over it. Illustrative only, not a photograph of a real event.
Opinion
The 2026 Ballon d'Or is a World Cup award wearing a season's clothes

The award's window now runs from one summer to the next, and the season it has just…

29 Sep 2026 · Priya Raman
Illustration for the Opinion article “Secrecy, not UEFA, is the weakness in FIFA's investor plan”: an AI-generated editorial illustration showing an empty training ground at dawn with cones and markers laid out, with the headline set over it. Illustrative only, not a photograph of a real event.
Opinion
Secrecy, not UEFA, is the weakness in FIFA's investor plan

ESPN reports that FIFA has accused UEFA of running a misinformation campaign against…

29 Sep 2026 · Priya Raman
Illustration for the Opinion article “Türkiye and Italy are now co-hosts first, opponents second”: an AI-generated editorial illustration showing an empty training ground at dawn with cones and markers laid out, with the headline set over it. Illustrative only, not a photograph of a real event.
Opinion
Türkiye and Italy are now co-hosts first, opponents second

Meetings between Türkiye and Italy are usually read as one-off internationals. They are…

29 Sep 2026 · Priya Raman
Illustration for the Opinion article “The Nations League, not friendlies, now sustains Belgium–France”: an AI-generated editorial illustration showing an empty training ground at dawn with cones and markers laid out, with the headline set over it. Illustrative only, not a photograph of a real event.
Opinion
The Nations League, not friendlies, now sustains Belgium–France

Belgium against France once needed no competition to justify itself. It does now. The…

28 Sep 2026 · Priya Raman