Does sportswashing work?
Malachy Clerkin on LIV golf, Saudi money and morality in sport
In The News · [email protected]
September 26, 202222m 53s
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Show Notes
After a controversial launch earlier this year, a breakaway professional golf league, backed by Saudi Arabia's investment fund, is still going, having survived criticism from players like Rory McIlroy and being called an exercise in sportswashing to improve Saudi Arabia's brutal image. But is anyone watching? Conor Pope asks Irish Times sports writer Malachy Clerkin.
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