Editorial Team

Three desks, one editorial standard

WTK Sports covers the 2026 FIFA World Cup through three editorial desks — tactical, data and guide — each owning the kind of story it is best placed to tell. Every article on this site is reported and edited by one of these desks, against the same published standards.

3 editorial desks 99 articles published Founded April 20, 2026 Independent · No FIFA / federation / broadcaster ties

Meet the desks

Each desk owns a defined set of story types. Click through to a desk's archive page for its full coverage and the expertise statement that defines what it does.

How a story gets to publish

Every article on WTK Sports moves through the same four-step workflow before it goes live. The same workflow applies whether the desk is reporting a routine pre-match guide or a tactical breakdown that took several days to research.

STEP 1
Research
Primary sources (FIFA, federations, broadcasters) gathered and cross-referenced. Computer-assisted drafting may be used for structuring; never for fact generation.
STEP 2
Desk edit
A human editor on the relevant desk reviews the draft for accuracy, tone and tactical claims. Tactical observations must cite the match they refer to.
STEP 3
Fact-check
Every fixture time, lineup, FIFA ranking and venue capacity is verified against at least one primary source. Conflicts between sources are named in-article.
STEP 4
Publish & track
Article goes live with byline pointing to the owning desk. Material updates carry a dated editor's note. Errors are corrected in public, never silently.

Editorial standards in one paragraph

Sourcing from FIFA and federation primary documents. Fact-checking against at least one primary source per claim. Independence from FIFA, federations, broadcasters and sponsors — no paid placement, no sponsored content disguised as editorial. AI use is limited to research and structuring; no unedited machine output goes live. Updates and corrections carry dated editor's notes inside the article.

Full editorial standards → · Corrections policy →

Contact the team

For factual corrections, source queries or editorial questions, direct message is the fastest route. We aim to respond within 48 hours.