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September 27, 2023
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The Politics of Everything
Will Women’s Tennis Cross the Saudi Rubicon?
In recent years, Saudi Arabia has been spending billions on professional sports, buying up players, teams, and leagues worldwide. Is women’s tennis—with its storied history of fighting for equality and social justice—next?
August 2, 2023
Sarath Ganji
The Corruption of Sportswashing Comes Home to Washington
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has changed the game by sinking its hooks into three U.S. sports franchises.
December 29, 2022
Alex Shephard
Was 2022 the High-Water Mark of Sportswashing?
The Qatar World Cup never should have happened. But there are signs that the world is finally waking up to the corrupt arrangements that brought it about.
June 10, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Grotesque Sportswashing of the Saudi Golf League
The clumsy kickoff of this ill-starred competitor of the PGA has been a window into a tawdriness that infects international sports.
March 7, 2022
Alex Shephard
Is Soccer on the Brink of a Moral Awakening?
A year of upheaval has pushed the sport to a crossroads.
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