Manifesto

Sport is news. Treat the result, the quote and the contract as facts worth getting right.

Name the source. Separate what a player said from what a reporter thinks it means. Update the story when the club, the federation or the athlete adds something that changes it.

African sport is not a sidebar. The Super Eagles, the tracks in Accra and the cards in Lagos belong on the same front as a World Cup and a Grand Prix.

Write so a fan can brief a friend in one paragraph, then stay for the detail.