Jose Mourinho – Declan Hill – Investigative Journalist & Academic

Paris Olympics: Behind the Curtain Nothing has Changed

While the Olympic show goes on - the doping, gambling addiction and sexual abuse of athletes continues... It is with the skepticism of a long-time, sports integrity investigator that I watch the Paris Olympics. I love sports but every time I watch such a spectacle I am aware of what is behind the screen, what is occurring to hundreds of the young athletes at such events while the officials who are supposed to safeguard sports downplay any problems. On CrimeWaves, I...

Gambling at Manchester United & How to Survive Aleppo

It was a dark night in October 2009. I was in a street bar in Asia. The girls were in the front. The serious men who did the business were at the back. They were in suits. Scotch whisky bottles open beside them. Their favourite girls pouring their drinks and pouting. They were some of the continent's biggest bookmakers. We were talking about the ways of the Asian gambling market works and the various fixes they had heard about recently. The phone...