Bloomberg Businessweek - ● Twelve years after winning the rights to host the tournament and $300 bil

● Twelve years after winning the rights to host the tournament and $300 billion later, the tiny gas-rich nation is ready to host the best players in men’s soccer and about a million of their biggest fans.● The nation’s wealthiest neighbors have matched the spending on sports blow for blow. The region will host four F1 races in 2023, while Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi each own an English Premier League soccer team. There’s also LIV Golf, growing investments in e-sports and major boxing and mixed martial arts events. ● The gravitational pull of Gulf riches has triggered accusations of so-called sportswashing—the charge that these countries are trying to use good vibes from athletic events to improve their questionable global reputations.● Read more through the link in our bio. (📸: Christopher Pike/Getty Images for Supreme Committee 2022)
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