Philippe Auclair (UK) is a football writer, broadcaster and investigative journalist. 

He is the England football correspondent for Eurosport.fr and Swiss national radio RTS, and a regular contributor to The Guardian and the Guardian Football Weekly (UK) podcast, for which he specialises in governance issues and the geopolitical dimension of football.

His investigations have been published by Josimar magazine, Byline Times and on the websites of the Arabic and African services of the BBC. His biography of Eric Cantona, The Rebel Who Would Be King, was voted 'Football Book of the Year' in both France and the UK, and he won France's 'Scoop Of The Year' award for his investigation into the 'Qatargate' dossier, to which he also devoted two books, published in France and Belgium in 2015 and 2022. He has been investigating the sports betting industry for the past four years as part of a multinational team which won the Investigative Journalism For Europe's Impact Award in 2023 and is now regularly called on as an expert on illegal betting and sports manipulation by the Council of Europe, the Macolin Convention and the UNODC.

 

Philippe Auclair

Basic information

Name
Philippe Auclair
Title
Football Journalist
Country
United Kingdom
City
London
Links

Supported projects

Under the Radar in Russia

  • Armed conflict
  • Corruption
  • Sport

KYIV - This investigation examines how Russian sports betting platforms continue to offer live betting on Ukrainian football matches - including those held near active war zones - using data that can largely be traced back to Sportradar. This company promotes itself as a guardian of sporting integrity and serves as UEFA’s official data partner. 

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Football’s Carbon Footprint: Burning Up the Planet

  • Climate
  • Environment
  • Sport

LONDON – This is a cross-border investigation by five journalists into how the world’s most popular sport is creating a huge carbon footprint and relying on the fossil fuel industry in a never-ending search for more money and more fans.

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Play Local. Fix Global.

  • Corruption
  • Sport

OSLO - Every weekend, across, Europe, hundreds of thousands of footballers play local football for fun. 

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Samindra Kunti

Football Club Cyber Slavery

  • Exploitation
  • Organised crime
  • Sport

MANCHESTER - Elite European football has been overrun with advertisements for Asian betting brands in recent years, despite many of these companies being connected to major organised crime figures.

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Jack Kerr