Leading Basketball’s Push Across Africa

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November 13, 2023
Via Semafor, a look at the NBA's push across Africa: Victor Williams is the CEO of NBA Africa. In May 2021, he oversaw the launch of NBA Africa as a standalone entity that conducts the league’s business in Africa, including [...]
More Than a Game: Modi and India’s Cricket Supremacy

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November 11, 2023
Via Financial Times, a report on how - as the World Cup enters its concluding stages - India's Prime Minister is shaping a sport in his image: In recent years, as Hindu nationalists have risen to power in Indian politics, the [...]
Geopolitics in the 2023 Pacific Games

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November 10, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a look at how the 2023 Pacific Games, hosted by Solomon Islands, underscore China’s growing role in the Pacific Island countries: A delegation from Solomon Islands’ prime minister’s office tour the [...]
The Middle East’s Sports Takeover Started in Dubai

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November 10, 2023
Courtesy of the Washington Post, a look at how - before Saudi Arabia and Qatar started spending big - the United Arab Emirates used sports to remake its economy: In 1993, a low-level men’s tennis tournament was played in the [...]
The Complicated Legacy of Qatar’s World Cup

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November 9, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a look at the complicated legacy of Qatar’s World Cup where Qatar and FIFA say the event brought change to the country, but activists aren’t convinced: In 2010, when FIFA announced that [...]
The Middle East’s Play to Rule Global Sports

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November 7, 2023
Via The Washington Post, a look at how Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are upending the sports world — and what they want from their newfound power: When the NBA needed a new country to continue its global [...]

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