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Sport cannot avoid the damage done by deals with Saudi Arabia

Tennis and billiards are Saudi Arabia’s new frontier in sports land grabs

Rafael Nadal has agreed to become the ambassador of the Saudi Arabian tennis federation – Saudi Tennis Federation He has bought his way to the top of football, golf, boxing and Formula 1 in an unprecedented shake-up of the established order of world sport. Now tennis and billiards have become the last frontier of Saudi… Read More »

LTA rejects Saudi Arabia’s Queen sponsorship offer

Sources close to the talks suggest the deal will not be welcomed by the All England Club – Getty Images/Luke Walker British tennis chiefs have rejected shock proposals from the ATP to form a partnership with Saudi Arabia as the Middle Eastern country looks to become its latest target for dominance in the sport this… Read More »