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to UK audiences and fans – investing in sport to whitewash its blood-stained record. From the purchase of Newcastle United to hosting high-profile boxing and WWE wrestling events, Saudi Arabia is also the leading investor in the controversial LIV golf series.
When asked about Saudi Arabia’s regime and the killing of Khashoggi, former golfer and now frontman for LIV golf, Greg Norman, said, “we all make mistakes” while adding the stock line that the current Saudi regime are “changing their culture within their country”. For instance, millions of pounds of that money has trickled into the pockets of the Tony Blair Institute, which has been advising the Saudi government, with staff seconded into the Saudi ministry of information and culture.. Even after the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which the Saudi leader denies ordering, Blair was said to remain “strongly of the view now that staying engaged there is justified” despite the “terrible crime” of Khashoggi’s murder.
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