and there are even talks or rumours that saudi arabia might bid notjust for the olympic games but also the winter olympic games, so saudi arabia is here to stay whether we like it or not. its arabia is here to stay whether we like it or not. like it or not. its been accused of sorts like it or not. its been accused of sports washing- like it or not. its been accused of sports washing. can like it or not. its been accused of sports washing. can you - like it or not. its been accused of sports washing. can you explain l like it or not. its been accused of - sports washing. can you explain what that means? that means? your leading into the interview was that means? your leading into the interview was interesting - that means? your leading into the interview was interesting because | that means? your leading into the i interview was interesting because we think about boxing and everything that goes with boxing on the razzmatazz and the big money and personality, and that is what i
governing bodies and what their role is which is honestly an ethical one and up for debate about whether they should use negotiation tactics to say, for example, we will host our eventin say, for example, we will host our event in such a country provided you are welcoming to lgbt athletes or whatever it is. what you make of the role of different sports governing bodies in all of this? the important thing to keep in mind is that they are based in europe. and very often they are staffed by europeans and if you were to go to saudi arabia or somewhere like russia or china or other parts of the world they would say, hold on a minute, you are european institutions telling us what to do, so i think there is a need to recognise that the world of sport is a global world notjust a european world, but the way in which sport governs itself does need to change and those governing bodies have been relatively lethargic, if i can put it that way, in keeping pace
from that when that report is published and more today, if there is any more fallout from this. and gavin, we have had problems of racism and discrimination in english cricket as well. we have also got problems in other sports, particularly football. these reviews, these investigations, these resignations a result of us becoming more open and more accepting that racism no longer has a place in sport or is it just still a problem? that s a very good question, chris. i think what you have seen from the yorkshire fallout, what you ve seen from football for example, the gestures of taking the knee, there is a huge stand of solidarity to stamp racism out. formula 1 are doing it as well. across sports, on the whole, there is a huge drive to kick racism out. a lot of it has stemmed from the george floyd incident, not so long ago, within the last two years, so you have seen a huge space of sports governing bodies as well as sports stars making their voices heard and you can see from what is ha
Last week, USC and UCLA made big moves–both schools announced their commitment to move to the Big Ten Conference in 2024. Naturally, sports media descended on the storylines and speculation of what other teams from other conferences might make moves, or even of a potential Pac-12/Big Ten merger sometime in