Saudi Arabia has been awarded the men’s 2034 World Cup.
It will be the crowning event in the kingdom’s sport spending spree, having already reportedly invested USD6.3 billion since 2021, as it tries to diversify away from oil.
James M. Dorsey discusses FIFA’s awarding of the World Cup to Saudi Arabia in separate interviews with Niall Paterson on Sky News and Steve Lai on the BBC.
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