Sportswashing Archives - Page 5 of 8

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February 3, 2024

Via the Washington Post, an Op-Ed commentary on DC United's connection with Saudi Arabia: Regarding the Jan. 27 Sports article “D.C. United opens camp in Saudi Arabia with eye on signing defender [...]

Saudi Takeover of European Football: About Power, Not Sportswashing

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January 26, 2024

Via The Guardian, reflections on how Saudi investors buying up the Italian and Spanish Super Cups has legitimized the nation’s regime, at home and around the world: In early 2019, a rising [...]

Women’s Tennis Was Not “Built For It To Be Exploited by Saudi Arabia”

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January 26, 2024

Via the Washington Post, impassioned commentary from Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova on the potential for the WTA Finals to be held in Saudi Arabia: Lately, we seem to be so inseparable that you might as well [...]

Saudi Arabia Wants To Host the Women’s World Cup – But Should It?

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December 17, 2023

Via The Guardian, a look at Saudi Arabia's interest in hosting the Women’s World Cup: Saudi Arabia scored a major PR victory earlier this year when it became the only bidder for the 2034 men’s World Cup, all but [...]

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 Politics of Saudi and Iranian Sports

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October 4, 2023

Via James M. Dorsey, commentary on the politics of Saudi and Iranian sports: Saudi and Iranian sports have politics written into their DNA. Little more than a decade ago, Saudi Arabia fielded three expatriate Saudi women [...]

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