Kevin Sieff

Barcelona, Spain

International Investigative Correspondent - Sports

Education: Brown University; Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Kevin Sieff is an international investigative correspondent at The Washington Post focusing on the places where sports intersects with politics, crime and culture. He served previously as the paper's Mexico bureau chief, Africa bureau chief and Afghanistan bureau chief. Before joining The Post, he worked in the Washington bureau of the Financial Times and covered immigration from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. He started his career at the Brownsville Herald in Brownsville, Texas. Sieff attended Brown University and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
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Behind the mask: How a soccer star became a cocaine trafficker

A former star player for Ajax Amsterdam and the Netherlands became a major cocaine trafficker and has found refuge in the United Arab Emirates, where he continues to play.

October 15, 2024
Quincy Promes, shown in 2019, rose to fame as a striker for Ajax Amsterdam, a Dutch soccer power.

    An elite rock climber lost his vision, then found a way to climb blind

    There are two ways to tell the story of Jesse Dufton. One is about a talented blind rock climber. The other — the more complete one — is a love story.

    August 21, 2024

    As a trafficker pursued dreams of soccer glory, investigators closed in

    Sebastian Marset bounced from team to team as he indulged his soccer fantasy, sold tons of cocaine and tried to stay ahead of the law.

    July 18, 2024

    A double life: The cocaine kingpin who hid as a professional soccer player

    A trafficker in Latin America used his wealth to buy professional soccer teams and then fulfilled a boyhood dream: He inserted himself into the starting lineups.

    July 18, 2024

    The plants used to make the world’s best mezcal are disappearing

    The growing global market for mezcal has spurred a wild agave rush. Some species have effectively vanished.

    January 23, 2024

    An aspiring journalist documented Gaza’s beauty, then its destruction

    Young Palestinian journalists like Plestia Alaqad, Motaz Azaiza and Hind Khoudary became a window into the carnage in Gaza. This is Plestia’s story.

    December 28, 2023
    Photographs posted by journalist Plestia Alaqad on Instagram show what her life was like before the Israel-Gaza war began on Oct. 7.

    A murdered peace activist and a war in her name

    Canadian Israeli activist Vivian Silver dedicated her life to peace. When she was killed in the Oct. 7 attacks, her sons faced an impossible question: Is peace still worth fighting for?

    December 22, 2023

    Canadian Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver was killed in Hamas attack, son says

    Vivian Silver was feared to have been taken hostage from Kibbutz Beeri during Hamas militants’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Her family says she was killed.

    November 14, 2023
    At a Nov. 6 rally in Jerusalem, Yonatan Zeigen holds a photo of his mother, Vivian Silver, who was believed to have been kidnapped from her home in Kibbutz Beeri in Israel last month. Her family confirmed this week that she'd been killed in the initial attack.

    A kidnapped Israeli activist and two sons grappling with a war in her name

    Vivian Silver, a leading Israeli peace activist, is believed to be among the 242 hostages held in Gaza. Her sons say Israel’s response betrays her life’s work.

    November 7, 2023

    A family torn apart by a Trump-era policy

    In 2017, Magdalena Hernández Pérez was separated from her children by the Trump-era family separation policy. Reunification would take nearly six years. The Post’s Kevin Sieff followed their story.

    November 2, 2023