If sportswashing is going to increase my GDP by 1%, then we’ll continue sportswashing: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia recently said in an interview that he does not care when he is accused of ‘sportswashing‘
“If sportswashing is going to increase my GDP by one per cent, then we’ll continue sportswashing. I don’t care. I have 1% growth in GDP from sport and I am aiming for another 1.5%. Call it whatever you want – we are going to get that 1.5 per cent,” he said in an interview with Fox Sports.
The middle eastern nation has being routinely accused of heavily investing in sports and using their events to clean its global reputation.
Prince Mohammed has given very few interviews to Western media outlets, particularly since the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist, in an operation by Saudi agents that U.S. intelligence says was likely approved by the prince. The prince denied any involvement.
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