Already in possession of roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil reserves — which fuel its seemingly endless supply of money — Saudi Arabia seems determined to grab more and more of the global sports landscape.
Saudi Arabia’s cold-blooded crown prince keeps winning
Already in possession of roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil reserves — which fuel its seemingly endless supply of money — Saudi Arabia seems determined to grab more and more of the global sports landscape.
How the Lionel Messi Deal Stymied Saudi Arabia
A complex arrangement, involving Apple, to bring the soccer star to Miami shows how to trump the free-spending kingdom — and how hard that may be to duplicate.
UAE strongly condemns storming of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain embassies in Khartoum
The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the storming and vandalisation of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Khartoum, the residence of its Ambassador and the property of employees, …
Voices: Today golf, tomorrow the sporting world: Why Saudi Arabia has its eyes set on owning every sporting prize
Why Saudi Arabia has its eyes set on owning every sporting prize – Armed with barrow loads of cash, what it is that propels the governments of societies that have little cultural history with rackets …
NFL Insider explains why Saudi Arabia could own a team in future after LIV Golf saga
NFL Insider Albert Breer believes it isn’t out of the realm possibilities that Saudi Arabia owns an NFL team in the future amid LIV Golf saga.
PGA Golf Merger Is Saudi Arabia’s Biggest Soft Power Win Yet
The shock merger of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf means Saudi Arabia’s strategy of using vast oil riches to boost its soft power by investing billions in global sports can claim its biggest victory to …
For enough money, sure, Saudi Arabia could buy an NFL team
NFL rules prohibit foreign investment in franchises. But rules were made to be disregarded, when sufficiently profitable to do so.Tuesday’s stunning news that the PGA Tour and LIV golf have settled …
PGA Tour merger with Saudi Arabia’s PIF: Nine burning questions that remain amid golf world shakeup
The earth-shattering news that the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund plan to merge, which stunned the sports world on Tuesday, is still fresh. It has left those that …
With LIV-PGA deal, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince makes dramatic move to extend kingdom’s influence
Tuesday’s surprise announcement of a commercial merger between Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and the PGA Tour looks to end a messy legal battle between the two rivals.