- [Josimar on Sampdoria] Why would Singaporean businessmen involved in illegal sports betting invest 100 million euro in a struggling Italian club which stands no chance of being profitable in the medium term? https://josimarfootball.com/2025/01/22/the-singapore-connection/ 10 comments soccer
- [Josimar] Declared bankrupt by a court in Curaçao, Leicester City FC sponsor BC.GAME is about to lose its licence. Josimar has discovered that the operator is running one of the largest illegal betting networks in continental Europe. https://josimarfootball.com/2024/11/28/license-revoked/ 58 comments soccer
- [Josimar - Andy Brown and Phillipe Auclair] Bournemouth’s new shirt sponsor, betting brand bj88, offers the option to bet on live cockfighting in Vietnam, where gambling is illegal. The brand also has links to Bavet, a Cambodian border city notorious for cyber slavery compounds. https://josimarfootball.com/2024/08/06/bloodsport-cyber-slavery-and-a-record-breaking-deal/ 59 comments soccer
- [Josimar Football] All of the football clubs in the 777 Partners portfolio are up for sale. But the full scale of the colossal debt burden at Genoa will be a concern for potential buyers, and where does this leave Everton? https://josimarfootball.com/2024/05/31/black-friday/ 32 comments soccer
- [Josimar] Josh Wander and Steve Pasko have been removed from the board of the football division of 777 Partners after bankruptcy specialists were called in - "the attempted takeover of Everton....is utterly dead in the water" https://josimarfootball.com/2024/05/10/out-of-the-blues/ 25 comments soccer
- [Josimar] another missed payment deadline by 777 Partners at Everton https://josimarfootball.com/2024/04/30/kind-of-blue/ 56 comments soccer
- [Josimar (long and detailed article)] - Just before they agreed a deal to purchase Everton, documents seen by Josimar suggest that 777 Partners owed a total of 3.6 billion US dollars to creditors in the summer of 2023. https://josimarfootball.com/2024/03/05/the-3-6-billion-dollar-question/ 31 comments soccer
- [Josimar] Endgame - 777 Partners have been hit with multiple new lawsuits, their two main sources of funding are now under investigation by corporate watchdogs, and their companies have been borrowing millions at an interest rate of 52.5 percent https://josimarfootball.com/2024/01/15/endgame/ 84 comments soccer
- [Josimar] The Twilight Zone - "Josimar understands that at least one other consortium of US-based investors is now readying a bid, in the expectation that 777 do not complete their takeover [of Everton]." https://josimarfootball.com/2024/01/09/the-twilight-zone/ 13 comments soccer
- Genoa CFC owners 777 Partners are attempting to re-structure their club’s debt to the Italian tax authorities, which currently stands at over 106m€. The club faces bankruptcy if the Court of Genoa does not agree to the operation, while other creditors of the club are still owed an extra 160m https://josimarfootball.com/2023/11/22/on-the-brink/ 13 comments soccer
- [Philippe Auclair & Paul Brown] 777 Partners are facing questions about their fitness to purchase Everton Football Club. A new lawsuit filed in Delaware accuses them of trying to conceal a “sprawling fraudulent enterprise.” https://josimarfootball.com/2023/10/04/dark-blue/ 4 comments soccer
- 6686, sleeve sponsor of Wolverhampton Wanderers and official betting partner of Wolfsburg, Lazio and AS Monaco, is illegally streaming live games from the PL, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and a number of other competitions. https://josimarfootball.com/2023/10/03/dial-6686-for-piracy/ 102 comments soccer
- [Josimar] The integrity partner facilitating Brazilian match-fixing. Unregulated betting operators are using data from Sportradar, the same company tasked with protecting Brazilian football from match-fixing. Goias prosecutors have identified 8 Serie A matches that were fixed in 2022 https://josimarfootball.com/2023/06/20/the-integrity-partner-facilitating-brazilian-match-fixing/ 20 comments soccer
- [Josimar] The 777 football mystery https://josimarfootball.com/2023/07/03/the-777-football-mystery/ 7 comments soccer
- Since the start of the Russian invasion, Igor Belanov has been touring the Ukrainian trenches with his Ballon d’Or award, telling football stories to the soldiers in an attempt to lift their mood and morale. https://josimarfootball.com/war-and-ballon-dor/ 2 comments soccer
- [Jack Kerr and Philippe Auclair] Behind 8XBet’s Great Wall https://josimarfootball.com/behind-8xbets-great-wall/ 3 comments soccer
- Josimar has found new evidence which shows that TGP, the Isle of Man company which provides UK gambling licences to Asian betting partners of a number of Premier League clubs, is linked with the Suncity Group of Alvin Chau, the suspected triad member who was recently jailed for 18 years. https://josimarfootball.com/the-missing-link/ 10 comments soccer
- Did Molde set a Norwegian transfer record with a player they stole? Fofana to Chelsea investigated https://josimarfootball.com/the-sale/ 28 comments soccer
- Norwegian football mag Josimar publishes World Cup-edition in English with portraits of 32 migrant workers rather than the 32 teams http://josimarfootball.com/josimar-international-edition-2022-2/ 65 comments soccer
- [Romain Molina] President of the French Olympic committee (CNOSF), Brigitte Henriques, is accused of not taking action towards sexual abuse during her time as head of women’s football and VP of the FFF. Josimar can reveal that she openly supported a senior officer convicted for sexual harassment http://josimarfootball.com/supporting-the-perpetrator/ 10 comments soccer
- [Romain Molina] "It's a handjob or nothing" - FFF & League of Paris-Suburbs ended the contract of D.Galletti this summer without saying a word. He asked underage referees for sexual services, sometimes even for a fee. http://josimarfootball.com/its-an-handjob-or-nothing%EF%BF%BC/ 157 comments soccer
- Mystery surrounds 8XBet, Manchester City’s new Asian betting partner. Open-source intelligence points to the UAE. It has many of the hallmarks of a fake company: a founder who doesn’t seem to exist online and a CEO appearing to hide behind a stolen avatar. https://josimarfootball.com/ghost-in-the-machine/ 751 comments soccer
- Catfishing the sports betting data suppliers: Football journos create fake gambling site to expose shady business practices. https://josimarfootball.com/catfishing-the-sports-betting-data-suppliers/ 6 comments soccer
- [Romain Molina] Didier Ollé-Nicolle, the coach of PSG Féminine, was accused of moral and sexual harassment of an underage player. PSG were warned about it six months ago but the club didn’t take any action until the news spread on social media which led to his provisional suspension. http://josimarfootball.com/harassment-and-cover-up/ 105 comments soccer
- [Romain Molina / Josimar Football] Hell on earth : "For two decades players, referees and employees of the Haitian football federation were forced to have sex with visiting football officials. One of the visitors who accepted this 'gift', was the then Fifa president Sepp Blatter." http://josimarfootball.com/hell-on-earth/ 5 comments worldnews
- [Romain Molina / Josimar Football] Hell on earth : "For two decades players, referees and employees of the Haitian football federation were forced to have sex with visiting football officials. One of the visitors who accepted this 'gift', was the then Fifa president Sepp Blatter." http://josimarfootball.com/hell-on-earth/ 415 comments soccer
- [JosimarFootball] The story of Abdullah Ibhais, the whistleblower who exposed the dark truth of Qatar's World Cup https://josimarfootball.com/abdullah-and-the-spin-machine/ 6 comments soccer
- The interview that disappeared - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 https://josimarfootball.com/the-interview-that-disappeared/ 2 comments soccer
- Everton FC recently announced i8.BET as the club’s new Asian betting partner. But who they are and what they actually do, no-one knows, aside from a few individuals who are neither seen, heard or scrutinised. http://josimarfootball.com/the-asian-connection/ 20 comments soccer
- Norwegian football magazine Josimar has recieved a letter from a law firm representing the Supreme Committee, the organisation responsible for the World Cup 2022 in Qatar. They are threatening to take legal actions against them after an article sheds light on the trial of Abdullah Ibhais. http://josimarfootball.com/legal-threat-from-the-supreme-committee/ 404 comments soccer
- [Investigation]The trillion-dollar gambling game http://josimarfootball.com/the-trillion-dollar-gambling-game/ 23 comments soccer
- Infantino’s double game http://josimarfootball.com/infantinos-double-game/ 4 comments soccer
- [Josimar Football] The billionaire puppet: New Caf president Patrice Motsepe already has a nickname, “the new puppet of Zürich”, the CAF election demonstrated that African football is no longer in the hands of CAF but controlled by Gianni Infantino himself http://josimarfootball.com/the-billionaire-puppet/ 7 comments soccer
- “The Pyramid Scheme”: The twisted tale about how CAF lost a billion dollar deal – and why the cash-strapped organization wanted out of the deal, with FIFA’s blessing http://josimarfootball.com/the-pyramid-scheme/ 16 comments soccer
- Infantino’s African mess: He campaigned heavily in Africa to reach his goal: To get the unknown Ahmad Ahmad elected as Caf president. Now the Fifa president is desperately trying to put out the fire he started without burning himself. http://josimarfootball.com/infantinos-african-mess/ 34 comments soccer
- Solskjær’s invisible fortune: Solskjær had more than 6 million pounds in a wealth management company in Luxembourg. Several million pounds of his income has also been transferred to Guernsey. It’s unlikely the Norwegian tax authorities are aware of these assets. http://josimarfootball.com/solskjaers-invisible-fortune/#.xffqrsnzh-s.twitter 555 comments soccer
- How Jim Solbakken, Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær's best friend and adviser, is lying to the Norwegian press to protect his rapist client Babacar Sarr. https://josimarfootball.com/agent-solbakkens-u-turn/#.xqjwp8xu5ow.twitter 6 comments soccer
- The double agent-An interesting article exploring the relationship between Solskjær and influential Norwegian football agent Jim Solbakken http://josimarfootball.com/the-double-agent/ 10 comments soccer
- Interesting read on Ole Gunnar Solskjær's best buddy, agent and business partner Jim Solbakken dealing his rape-charged client to Russian football http://josimarfootball.com/the-b-sarr-transfer-to-siberia/ 28 comments soccer
- The double agent: Jim Solbakken has become Norway’s most influential football agent through his close friendship with Ole Gunnar Solskjær. And he prefers to sit at every side of the table. [Loooong read] http://josimarfootball.com/the-double-agent/ 4 comments soccer