good evening. we start tonight with a special report into the sporting revolution being driven by saudi arabia. the kingdom has been investing billions of pounds in attracting some of global sports biggest names, from boxing, formula 1, football and golf. nowjon rahm, one of golf s top players, has announced he sjoining the saudi funded golf tour. the country has been accused of using sport to improve its reputation distracting from its human rights abuses and poor environmental record. but in an interview with the bbc, the sports minister denied claims of so called sportswashing . our sports editor dan roan reports from the port city ofjeddah, where he was accompanied by saudi ministry officials at all times when filming. from a revamped league attracting football s biggest stars and the hosting of world heavyweight title fights to an attempted takeover of golf. jon rahm now the latest top player tojoin its breakaway series. saudi arabia is spending billions of pounds tr
individual neutral athletes, no flags, no anthems to connect them to those countries of the olympics. they have the support of the sports federations and the athletes but this would be a huge controversial decision in ukraine has been adamant that no russian or belarusian to compete in along with those countries that support ukraine against russian and belarusian participants in the olympics and includes the usa and great britain. they re very unhappy with the conditions with which left to compete and they said the restrictions were humiliating and as for those sports, some who have not supported the ioc, the biggest sport in the athletics has been absolutely firm that they will not move or allow any russians belarusians to compete while the war in ukraine continues. the women s super league returns to england this weekend after the international break and ahead of their match against arsenal on sunday, the chelsea manager, emma hayes, has said women in football are routine