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Mbappe’s Cash Grab, Hendo’s Legacy, and Why the Saudi Pro League Is the Future of Elite Football

The Ripple Effect with James Lawrence Allcott

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Saudi Arabia's Vision for the Future of Sport

Sports washing is not a new the United States have done it. I'm not going to hammer Saudi Arabia for being the first state to try this because they're not. But they have a goal which is to do with an overarching view of growing their country. They want to build a city that is like the size of- Away from fossil fuels, don't they? Yeah, and they want to building a city that's the city that’s the size of Belgium, right? So to do that, you want people to kind of go, oh, Saudi Arabia, I know things about them. And that and sport is a huge way. It has it's not just Saudi Arabia

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