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Saudi crown prince shrugs off accusations of ‘sportswashing’: ‘Call it whatever you want’
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman shrugged off accusations of “sportswashing” made against his oil-rich kingdom — and signaled he’s more interested in making money than in laundering his reputation. “If sportswashing [is] going to increase my GDP by way of 1%, then I will continue doing sportwashing,” Salman said in a wide-ranging interview with Fox News host Bret Baier on Wednesday. Through its sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF), the kingdom has been substantially increasing its investment in sports, including in Formula One, soccer, tennis and golf in ... (full story)