The Gulf oil money flowing into sport

FT News by Financial Times

Feb 19, 202014:28Business

Arab Gulf leaders have been splashing out on sport. Officials in the Gulf states say the investment is part of their effort to diversify oil-dependent economies, but critics accuse them of using sport to deflect attentio...

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