“There’s a lot of criticism with this, but if we can showcase that we can do something on the continent level that is strong, that will give us a stronger case in the future to maybe bid for either the [football] World Cup or the Olympics. Everything is open, a lot of things are being discussed.”
-Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Sports Minister, discussing Saudi Arabia’s bids to host the Asian football championship in 2027 and the Asian Games athletics meeting in 2030. Prince Abdulaziz was speaking on the occasion of the establishment of the Saudi Sports Company to create “a platform” for content development and managing TV rights. [Financial Times]
