sportswashing

Issued on: 03/12/2021 - 14:57 World champion Lewis Hamilton admitted on Thursday he is "not comfortable" racing in Saudi Arabia this weekend as the Gulf kingdom again faces…

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of sportswashing serious human rights violations in the case of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. During a virtual press conference…

By Associated Press LUSAIL: Formula One is “duty bound” to raise awareness of human rights issues as the series closes its season in the Middle East, seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said Thursday. F1…

IT has long been part of the lexicon, but “sportswashing” once again came to the fore last week. While it may be decades, perhaps even centuries old, it was only in 2015 the word was coined to describe the phenomenon that is, with…

LONDON : British businesswoman Amanda Staveley on Friday denied that a Saudi-backed takeover of Premier League club Newcastle United was designed to "sportswash" Saudi Arabia's human rights record, saying the deal would rebuild the club…

At first glance, Tuesday's Champions League semifinal rematch between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City promises to be a footballing treat. With Kylian Mbappe and Neymar on PSG's side and Kevin De Bryune and Ilkay Gündogan on City's,…

It's not a revelation; it's a statement of fact and it ought to be repeated whenever Paris Saint-Germain are discussed: since 2011, PSG have been owned by Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), a subsidiary of the sovereign wealth fund of the…