Editorial policy
Last updated 14 November 2026
1. Accuracy and sources
- We report only what our sources support: established news organisations, official announcements by clubs, leagues and governing bodies, and public statements by the people involved. We name our sources.
- Transfer talk and rumours are labelled as such. We do not publish allegations about individuals unless they are reported by credible outlets, and those stories receive an additional editor check.
- We never invent quotes, statistics, scores or reactions.
2. How stories are made, including our use of AI
We use software tools, including AI language models, to monitor what is trending, to help prepare first drafts of stories, captions and video scripts, and to generate synthetic voice-overs for some video reports.
Editor-reviewed and automatically checked stories. Some stories are reviewed, edited where needed and approved by a human editor before they appear. Others, limited to straightforward, low-risk reports such as match results, previews, records, competition news and officially confirmed announcements, are published after automated checks: the story must be based on at least three independent sources, must not copy them, and must pass a separate automated fact-check that compares every claim with those sources.
Stories involving rumours, injuries, disciplinary matters, allegations, personal lives or opinion are always reviewed by an editor before publication. Our editors monitor automatically published stories and correct or remove them if they find a problem; see corrections below.
3. Images and video
We use images and short excerpts for news reporting, commentary and review, credited to their owners, or material we are licensed to use. Rights holders can ask us to remove material; see our contact page. We act on valid requests promptly.
4. Corrections
If we get something wrong we correct it and show the time the story was updated. Send corrections to [email protected].
5. Independence and advertising
Advertising is clearly labelled and kept separate from editorial content. Advertisers, clubs and betting operators do not influence our coverage. We do not publish paid content disguised as news.
6. Reader comments
Comments are reviewed before they appear. We do not publish abuse, hate speech, personal attacks, spam or private information about anyone.