Brooks Koepka watches his putt on the fourth green during the final round of LIV Golf Washington, D.C., golf tournament at Trump National on May 28, 2023, in Potomac Falls, Va. Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports A board of directors will "oversee and direct all the new entity’s golf-relate...
FILE - WTA CEO Steve Simon sits for an interview during the WTA Finals tennis tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Saudi Arabia will host the WTA Finals as part of a three-year deal announced Thursday, April 4, 2024, by the women’s prof...
June 30, 2022:LIV Golf hosts its first tournament in the U.S. at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club outside Portland, Oregon. Survivors and family members of the 9/11 terrorist attacks hold a protest not far from the club. The field includes DeChambeau, Reed and Koepka. ...
FILE - WTA CEO Steve Simon sits for an interview during the WTA Finals tennis tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Saudi Arabia will host the WTA Finals as part of a three-year deal announced Thursday, April 4, 2024, by the women’s professional tennis tour that wi...
Although the future of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf partnership is still uncertain, Saudi influence in the sports world continues to grow as it invests in clubs, leagues and other sports groups throughout the world. Spectators watch during day three of the LIV Golf tournament at ...
The Saudi Tennis Federation hosted the country’s first official professional tennis tournament in November 2023 with the Next Gen ATP Finals taking place in Jeddah, while there have been a number of exhibition tournaments and matches in recent years including the Diriyah Tennis Cup in...
Boxing's biggest bouts are now there, there has been an attempted takeover of golf by launching the rebel LIV series and a $1m golden ball was added to allow the kingdom to put its lavish imprint on snooker. Much is bankrolled by the $900bn Public Investment Fun...
The ATP already had a deal that placed its Next Gen ATP Finals — a tournament for players 21 and under — in Jeddah from 2023 through 2027. The arrangement announced Wednesday includes courtside branding for the PIF at the season-ending ATP Finals and tourna...
The end-of-season tournament for the ATP's leading 21-and-under players will be held this year at the King Abdullah Sports City on an indoor hard court from Nov. 28 to Dec. 2. The event's prize money will rise to $2 million, a jump of more than 40% from the ...
“The 2034 bidding process suggests that any state that really wants the tournament badly enough, and has financial leverage over Fifa, only has to convince one man — the Fifa president.”