Anthony Joshua latest athlete to fall to Saudi sportswashing machine

Anthony Joshua says he ‘likes Saudi Arabia’
Anthony Joshua appears to have become the latest high-profile sports star to be lured by the riches of Saudi Arabia after he refused to criticise the regime’s abhorrent human rights record.
Joshua will fight Oleksandr Usyk in their hotly anticipated rematch in the Saudi port city of Jeddah on August 20 as he looks to win back his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight belts from the Ukrainian.
Critics say Saudi Arabia is using the power of sport to detract from its widely criticised human rights record. In the past 12 months alone the Saudi-backed Public Investment Fund has …

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