sportswashing

Liverpool vs. Real Madrid feels like a fixture that could have been played in almost any season in the history of Europe's premier club competition. That the ninth meeting of the pair will be the third in a final speaks to their history of…

Make it make sense.Illustration: ShutterstockConservative politics and professional sports leagues have long been intertwined as bedfellows. However, that attitude has shifted since the Trump era. Now, more Republicans despise the NFL than…

LONDON : A group of parliamentarians from across Europe wrote to the Emirati head of Formula One's governing body on Wednesday to voice concern about 'sportswashing' in Gulf countries ahead of the season-opening race in Bahrain on…

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to the country's general ostracization on the world stage. In addition to the political and economic sanctions imposed by national and supranational institutions, cultural and sporting bodies are also…

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to the country's general ostracization on the world stage. In addition to the political and economic sanctions imposed by national and supranational institutions, cultural and sporting bodies are also…

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to the country's general ostracization on the world stage. In addition to the political and economic sanctions imposed by national and supranational institutions, cultural and sporting bodies are also…

Not cool, Phil.Image: Getty ImagesPhil Mickelson will stop at nothing to spite the PGA Tour — not even willingly joining up with the Saudis’ new golf league while simultaneously acknowledging their human rights abuses.Alan Shipnuck, who has…

There was a line of advice from the International Olympic Committee's spokesman Mark Adams on Saturday: 'Everybody needs to take a chill pill.'He was not wrong there, but in the context of discussing a teenager's positive drugs test, the…

LONDON: Amnesty International warned on Wednesday (Jan 19) that the international community must not allow China to use the Winter Olympics in Beijing as a "sportswashing opportunity" and must avoid being "complicit in a propaganda…

ANDY MURRAY turned down huge financial offers to play in Saudi Arabia over 'sportswashing' concerns, according to his representative. The Scottish tennis star was offered to play at big-money events in Saudi - with some events paying…