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Every article, report and dataset behind Grip's work — sorted by briefing, Power Athletes profile and Sport Business 101 explainer. New pieces get their sources listed here as soon as they are published.

Briefings

Briefing · Gulf

Why every Gulf state wants a Grand Prix

  1. 01BlackBook Motorsport, “F1 could lose US$200m as Bahrain and Saudi Arabia races cancelled” (2026)
  2. 02Motorsport.com, “Bahrain and Saudi Arabian F1 races officially cancelled” (2026)
  3. 03AGBI, “Bahrain GP cancellation deepens doubts over Gulf's F1 finale” (2026)
  4. 04F1Technical, “Formula 1 returns to Sepang as Malaysia to host 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix”
  5. 05Khaleej Times / Reuters, “Verstappen wins Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia” (2026)
  6. 06Gulf Business, “F1 confirms Abu Dhabi finale will go ahead as planned” (2026)
  7. 07SportsPro, “F1 revenue rises 14% to US$3.87bn in 2025” (2026)
  8. 08YourStory, “Why Qatar pays $55 million a year to host a race” (2026)
  9. 09GrandPrix247, “Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on the F1 calendar until 2030” (2021)
  10. 10Arab News, “Formula 1 turbocharges Saudi economic diversification drive” (2025)
  11. 11SportBusiness, “Aramco pays upwards of $40m per year to join F1 top tier”
  12. 12Formula1.com, “Formula 1 announce Qatar Airways as new Global Airline Partner” (2023)
  13. 13AGBI, “Bahrain and Abu Dhabi funds take full ownership of McLaren” (2025)
  14. 14AGBI, “PIF owns minority stake in Aston Martin F1 team” (2025)
  15. 15RACER, “Qatar secures stake in Audi F1 team” (2024)
  16. 16BlackBook Motorsport, “Saudi Arabia owning F1 team 'could happen soon'” (2025)
  17. 17IRIS / GeoSport, Simon Chadwick, “F1's Gulf triple bill helps regional geopolitics shift up a gear” (2021)
  18. 18Mondaq, “The Al-Ula Declaration: GCC diplomatic relations restored” (2021)
  19. 19Wikipedia, “2012 Bahrain Grand Prix protests”
  20. 20Wikipedia, “2026 WTA Finals”
  21. 21Miral, “Highest ever visitation numbers for Yas Island and Saadiyat Island in 2023” (2024)

Briefing · China

Why China pulled out of European football

  1. 01Asia Times, “China cools on foreign football investments” (2017)
  2. 02AFP via Profit, “China cracks down on foreign spending sprees” (2017)
  3. 03SportBusiness, “Oaktree takes control of Inter Milan”
  4. 04Fortune, “Suning loses control of Inter Milan” (2024)
  5. 05Yicai, “Suning loses Inter after defaulting”
  6. 06Apollo, “Apollo Sports Capital completes Atlético transaction” (2026)
  7. 07Caixin, “Chinese brands tear up playbook for World Cup sponsorship” (2026)

Coming soon

  • Who owns the screen owns the gameMedia rights — sources published with the piece
  • On Running against the giants:Sportswear — sources published with the piece

Power Athletes

Power Athletes

Eileen Gu

  1. 01Forbes, "The World's Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2025" (Dec 2025)
  2. 02Fortune, "At 22, Olympic skier Eileen Gu is worth over $20 million" (Feb 2026)
  3. 03AP via WPXI, "Eileen Gu defends Olympic ski halfpipe gold" (Feb 2026)
  4. 04NBC, "Eileen Gu continues Olympic medal streak with big air silver" (Feb 2026)
  5. 05ESPN, "Eileen Gu's delicate balancing act between China and the U.S." (2022)
  6. 06VOA, "Olympic websites scrub conflicting citizenship info" (2022)
  7. 07VOA, "China's freestyle medal hope is American-born Eileen Gu" (2022)
  8. 08Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, "Citizenship swapping at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics" (2022)
  9. 09Rolling Stone, "White House announces first diplomatic boycott of Olympics in over 40 years" (Dec 2021)
  10. 10South China Morning Post, "Canada and Britain join diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics" (Dec 2021)
  11. 11NextShark, "Eileen Gu's comment advocating VPN workaround for Chinese internet censorship is in turn censored" (Feb 2022)
  12. 12What's on Weibo, "Eileen Gu's 'it's literally free' comment" (Feb 2022)
  13. 13PBS NewsHour, "Activist father of U.S. Olympian Alysa Liu targeted by Chinese spy ring" (Mar 2022)
  14. 14AsiaNews, "Alysa Liu, the gold medalist who comes from Tiananmen Square" (Feb 2026)
  15. 15China Digital Times, "Mass censorship of Beijing's $6.5 million annual support for Eileen Gu" (Feb 2025)
  16. 16Fox News, citing the Wall Street Journal on the $6.6m and $14m payments (Feb 2026)
  17. 17The Globe and Mail, "If Eileen Gu seems to have it all" (Feb 2026)
  18. 18RSI (Swiss public broadcaster), on Gu and Chinese soft power (Feb 2026)
  19. 19The Inertia, on TIME100 Sports 2026 and JD Vance's comments (2026)
  20. 20Fox News, "Eileen Gu says she feels like a 'punching bag'" (Feb 2026)
  21. 21Laureus, "Djokovic and Eileen Gu named co-hosts of 2026 Laureus Awards" (Apr 2026)
  22. 22SMU, "Eileen Gu headlines KFF Inspiring Women Leadership Series" (Oct 2026)

Coming soon

  • Roger FedererTennis — sources published with the piece
  • Kylian MbappéFootball — sources published with the piece

Sport Business 101

Sport Business 101

How a broadcaster buys sports rights

  1. 01IRIS Merlin (Council of Europe), "European Commission: Commitments on Sale of Football Rights Legally Binding" (2006)
  2. 02Ofcom, Premier League rights investigation, no single buyer rule
  3. 03FourFourTwo, "Record-breaking £6.7 billion TV deal" (2023)
  4. 04Sportcal, IOC invitation to tender for Milano Cortina 2026 and LA 2028 rights in Europe
  5. 05LaLiga, Invitation to Tender for audiovisual rights in Spain (2025)
  6. 06ESPNcricinfo, ICC sealed bids vs IPL e-auction (2022)
  7. 07Advanced Television, "Prime Video overtakes DAZN in sports spending" (2026)
  8. 08Sportcal, "DAZN ends Ligue 1 deal" (2025)
  9. 09SportBusiness, "DAZN MENA focal point of $1bn SURJ investment" (2025)
  10. 10Insider Sport, "Ligue 1+ brings DAZN on as distribution partner" (2025)