S. Arabia gears up for Spanish Super Cup in controversial circumstances

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RFEF’s Rubiales claims money from the tournament will be put back into the women’s game and lower leagues.

Yet the prospect of another showdown between La Liga’s leading pair has been overshadowed by criticism, with lingering concerns about a Spanish competition being played on a different continent, more than 6,400km away. The RFEF, meanwhile, has an agreement for the tournament to be held in Saudi Arabia for three years, for which it will earn a total of €120 million, an amount it claims will be put back into the women’s game and lower leagues.

“There is a very offensive policy to host major sporting events … to spread a different image of Saudi Arabia,” Carole Gomez, a researcher at the Institute of International and Strategic Relations, told AFP.“In the world there are food, economic, social inequalities,” he said.

“That is what I mean when I say there is ignorance. You have false ideas about our country. There is no limitation for women in our country.”

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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