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It’s easy to be confused about the huge changes to our summer. Then there’s the speculation of further upheaval caused by the Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund which has turned golf on its head,and which will undoubtedly affect tennis.
The Saudi Arabia-led OPEC+ cartel hatched a plan to tighten its grip over the world’s oil prices. It has backfired spectacularly.
Jon Rahm,the world No.3 and two-time major champion,had previously insisted he would not cross golf’s bitter divide.
The Saudi-led OPEC+ cartel is trying to force prices higher. It isn’t working.
No matter how much cash is thrown at getting top sportspeople on board in LIV Golf and the Saudi Pro League,the public is much more picky.
The oil producers’ meeting has been postponed to next week amid reports that members of the cartel are divided on how to respond to a slump in oil prices and the conflict in Gaza.
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In a few short years,the Gulf kingdom has gone from international pariah to an unstoppable force in the world of sport. How did they do it?
Not long ago,the US had hoped to broker a diplomatic normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia. But the Arab world is uniting around the Palestinians’ plight.
With the conflict between Israel and Hamas about to escalate,investors appear more preoccupied with domestic issues than the prospect that the conflict could draw in other parties.