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What Qinwen Zheng Could Mean for Tennis, and for China

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September 1, 2024

Via The New Yorker, a report on the growth of tennis in China and the complex role of the nation in the global sport: There are approximately twenty-three million tennis players in China and exactly one Olympic [...]

The NBA, Rwanda, and Sportswashing

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August 27, 2024

Via ESPN, a report that U.S. senators have asked the partnership between the NBA and Rwandan President Paul Kagame: Two U.S. senators sent a letter Tuesday to NBA commissioner Adam Silver accusing the league of "putting [...]

How The NBA Got Into Business With An African Dictator

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July 28, 2024

Via ESPN, an article on the NBA, Rwanda, and sportswashing: In the summer of 2018, inside a national arena that felt more like a small-college gym, the NBA commissioner shot free throws with the president of Rwanda. It was a [...]

Saudi Arabia’s Next Billion-Dollar Sports Play: A Boxing Takeover

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June 17, 2024

Via the New York Times, a report on a proposal awaiting financing would attempt to bring together dozens of the world’s best boxers in a single, Saudi-run pro league: Saudi Arabia has already launched a hostile [...]

With a Bit of Topspin, Saudi Arabia Hopes Tennis Fans Overlook It Repression of Women

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May 5, 2024

Via The Guardian, commentary on the WTA finals host which revealed its commitment to women’s rights by jailing a female activist: If a record of sexual apartheid is not the ideal look for a nation that must still, [...]

Can Saudi Arabia Buy Soccer?

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February 26, 2024

Via GQ, a look at how Saudi Arabia is spending an unfathomable fortune to lure the biggest stars of global football to its upstart league. Is this the future of the world’s most popular sport? The vanguard of sportswashing? Or [...]

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