ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “”It’s pretty embarrassing”: has the LIV Golf tournament helped Saudi Arabia’s image? | The World” – below is their description.
A breakaway golf series helmed by Australian former world number one Greg Norman has completed its first tournament in the UK. The Saudi-backed LIV Golf has sparked controversy among fans of the sport, with some accusing players of accepting ‘blood money’. It follows Jamal Khashoggi’s murder in 2018 after he entered a Saudi consulate in Turkey. Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of Democracy for the Arab World Now tells The World Saudi Arabia is “desperately” trying to “rebrand itself as sports-friendly”.
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