Publishing principles

Fact-first

The lead paragraph of every article opens on the most newsworthy fact — the result, the signing, the verdict — with the people, teams, score, venue, and date named inline. No recycled sports-cliché openers.

Attribution chain

Every news article preserves an unbroken chain back to its source. The visible byline names the originating publisher. The structured data exposes the publisher as `sourceOrganization`. A canonical link to the source story is retained whenever the publisher provides one.

Structured-data freshness

Match scores, fixture times, and competition standings are refreshed every ten minutes from upstream sports-data APIs. Article `dateModified` is bumped on every editorial update so AI engines see the current version. Live event status (`SportsEvent.eventStatus`) reflects the upstream state at the time the page is served.

AI rewriting transparency

We use a large language model to rewrite source reporting into our editorial voice. Every rewrite passes through an editorial review queue before it is published; articles that fail the rewrite contract (malformed output, near-source duplication, empty body, fabricated quotes) are rejected, not published. See the ethics policy for the full disclosure.

Reader interactions

We do not host user-generated content, comments, or forums. Reader feedback comes via direct contact — flagged corrections are actioned per the corrections policy.

Last updated: 2026-05-23