BBCNEWS Unspun World with John Simpson June 4, 2024 23:51:00
And it's doing it by offering unthinkably large amounts of cash to leading players to lure them away to liv. newcastle united football club was taken over last year by a group including the public investment fund of saudi arabia, whose ultimate boss is mohammed bin salman, the controversial crown prince. and a lot of this seems to be coming from him personally. sportswashing is the expression that's now widely used for this kind of thing. but is it fair? i talked about the phenomenon to dan rowan, the bbc sports editor. what we've seen in recent years is these countries increasingly invest in ...