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Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad: The rise and fall of political corruption in international sports

By James M. Dorsey For Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, long seen as one of the three most powerful men in international sports,...

Saudi Arabia projects change, albeit at a snail’s pace

By James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia is projecting miniscule steps to reverse decades of denial of women’s sporting rights as evidence of...

Sports: A barometer of Saudi reform

By James M. Dorsey Mohammed Simsim, the president of the Saudi Arabian Weightlifting Federation, embodies existential dilemmas involved...

Turkish stadiums: A contested political battleground

By James M. Dorsey Last month’s opening of storied Istanbul soccer club Besiktas JK’s renovated Vodafone Arena stadium was laden with...

Mega Events: Qatar is too hot, Beijing has no snow

By James M. Dorsey 2022 is promising to be the year of mega sporting events that potentially fly in the face of values professed by...

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