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Sports sponsorship still a grubby business

OPINION: The Saudi sponsorship conundrum and NZ Football’s shameful silence.

NBR columnist Martin Devlin speaks with Hamish McNicol.

Martin Devlin Tue, 14 Feb 2023

Some things are just wrong. The Saudi Tourism Board’s sponsorship of the Fifa Women’s World Cup is one of these things and it needs to be roundly, globally, condemned by all countries participating in the tournament beginning with, most importantly, Australia and us as co-hosts.

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Martin Devlin Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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