Every Magna Bureau story on Sports: 12 articles, investigations and analysis in one place.
Last updated: October 2026
Sport is geopolitics in shorts: national pride, soft power, and billions in broadcasting money, played out on pitches and tracks. The Bureau covers the games that move nations — and the money and politics behind them.
The African Grand Prix, presented by Visit Rwanda, will race on a new FIA Grade 1 circuit in Bugesera in the early 2030s — ending a three-decade absence and answering Lewis Hamilton's long-standing pl
NewsA late Israeli equaliser in Bačka Topola closed an ill-tempered double-header in which Ireland's players turned football into protest — and the fallout now reaches Euro 2028.
NewsChina's Yu Zidi, 13, was named the Games' most valuable female athlete after three record-breaking swimming golds — while compatriot Zhang Zhanshuo, 19, took seven golds, more than most nations won in
NewsThe Court of Arbitration for Sport hears on Thursday Senegal's appeal against the CAF decision that stripped the Teranga Lions of the 2025 AFCON title and handed it to hosts Morocco. Behind closed doo
NewsSouth Africa's Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 20, broke Chris Gayle's all-time T20 record with 188* off 79 balls for the Titans against the Knights in Bloemfontein.
NewsSteve Smith took four catches on day three at Kingsmead to reach 223 career Test catches — a record for a non-wicketkeeper — as Australia bowled South Africa out for 284 and seized command of the firs
NewsFor the first time in the country's history, a woman will form the government. The Marrakesh mayor inherits a coalition puzzle, a $20 billion World Cup deadline, and a youth that stayed home on electi
NewsAfter an eight-month bidding war, lawsuits and regulatory reviews across nearly 70 jurisdictions, the biggest media merger in years is done. David Ellison now runs two century-old studios, two streami
NewsThree weeks after the September 23 vote, El Mansouri sealed a pact with Istiqlal, USFP and PPS — a 207-seat majority for Morocco's first woman head of government.
NewsHis Majesty the King Mohammed VI appointed the 50-year-old Marrakech mayor to head the government on Tuesday, six days after her PAM party won the September 23…
NewsThe president published Tom Cotton's cell phone number to force a vote on permanent daylight saving time. The economics are real. His remedy is not what the science recommends.
NewsThe Office des Changes says Morocco’s merchandise deficit widened 25.4% in the first eight months of 2026, to 282.6 billion dirhams, as imports grew twice as fast as exports and the energy bill jumped
