The NBA is in Abu Dhabi this week as Arabian Gulf countries increasingly use their wealth to establish a foothold with the league.
The NBA returns to Abu Dhabi this week as Arabian Gulf countries increasingly use their wealth to establish a foothold with the league.
LeBron James recently visited Saudi Arabia on a trip that came a couple of months after the Los Angeles Lakers star joked on social media that he'd accept the kind of astronomical figures that the Saudis are paying to lure soccer stars. Countries in the region like Saudi Arabia, which was implicated in the gruesome murder of a U.S.-based columnist, have faced criticism that they are “sportswashing” their human rights records.
Saudi Arabia, through its sovereign wealth fund, muscled its way into professional golf before spending heavily to recruit soccer players, including Cristiano Ronaldo.
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