When a story goes beyond sport and becomes a matter of national interest, images matter more than ever. A photograph I took of Leroy Sané during Galatasaray’s UEFA Champions League match against Bodø/Glimt at the Rams Park Stadium on October 22, 2025, was selected by Al-Monitor to illustrate their in-depth investigative piece on the match-fixing scandal shaking Turkish football — a crisis involving the detention of 17 referees and several club executives, and drawing comments from President Erdoğan himself.
Al-Monitor, founded in Washington in 2012, is widely regarded as the most authoritative independent news source covering the Middle East and Turkey, read by diplomats, analysts and policymakers worldwide. A meaningful credit beyond the world of sports media.
Link to article: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/11/match-fixing-probe-shakes-turkeys-football-referees-executives-detained
