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☆ How Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka's controversial 2018 US Open final inspired Zendaya's tennis movie 'Challengers'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewLuca Guadagnino's "Challengers" isn't based on any real tennis players, but an infamous moment from the US Open unintentionally planted the seed for the film's juicy premise. The drama stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a tennis prodigy turned coach whose competitive career ends after an on-court knee injury. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. As the incident unfolded during the second set, with the tournament referee and a WTA supervisor stepping in to assess the situation, Osaka, who grew up idolizing Williams, kept her composure.

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☆ Anthony Kim finishes last on first pro start in 12 years at LIV Golf event
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Anthony Kim said he was “encouraged” after finishing last in his first professional appearance in 12 years at LIV Golf’s third event of the season in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. I’m doing things that I used to do before. I’m just looking forward to a great year.”Kim struck his first shot at a pro event since 2012 on Friday. I’m doing a lot of things well,” Kim said. I want to feel and I want to think I’m the best all the time,” he told reporters Sunday.

Persons: CNN — Anthony Kim, “, ”, LIV Golf’s, Joaquin Niemann, Kim, ” Kim, I’m, Chris Trotman, LIV, “ I’m, Niemann, Louis Oosthuizen, Schwartzel, Charles Laberge, LIV Golf, – Organizations: CNN, Sunday, Royal Greens, Country Club, PGA Tour, European, Augusta National Locations: Saudi Arabia, Jeddah, Saudi, Hong Kong, Mexico

☆ Tiger Woods: How the battle for golf’s soul gave the US golfer new-found purpose – and human connection
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

CBS Archive/Getty Images Woods, 6, sizes up a putt in Los Alamitos, California, in 1982. Getty Images/Getty Images Woods hits a tee shot during the 1995 Walker Cup, an international team event. Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images Woods plays a shot from the ninth fairway during the 2000 US Open in Pebble Beach, California. David Cannon/Getty Images Woods falls to the ground in pain after hitting a shot at The Barclays in August 2013. Jamie Squire/Getty Images Woods and his son, Charlie, warm up before the final round of the PNC Championship in December 2020.

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☆ Saudi Arabia is spending billions on sports, tech and everything in between for a post-oil world
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Saudi Arabia sparked international outrage in 2018 after Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and continues to face accusations of human rights violations. Despite this, little has been able to stop Saudi Arabia from exerting more and more influence on the global stage. GettyImages/Unsplash/NeomLike many countries, Saudi Arabia's economy suffered when the pandemic struck in 2020, but the only way has been up since then. Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via Getty ImagesBoth at home and far away, Saudi Arabia hasn't shied away from investing boatloads of cash. The total hit 32.2 million in May with a median age of 29, according to Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics.

Persons: Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, Jamal Khashoggi, It's, Ahmed Jadallah, Saudi Arabia's, Sergio Garcia, Chris Trotman, LIV, Saudi Arabia hasn't, Yasir Al, Jasmin Merdan, Abdullah Al, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al, Saud, JOE KLAMAR Organizations: Service, Washington Post, Bank, IMF, REUTERS, Saudi Aramco, King, King Abdullah Economic City, Getty, Public Investment Fund, MBS, Newcastle United, LIV, PGA, Saudi, Reuters, Saudi Arabia's, Authority, Statistics, Gulf States Energy, United Arab Emirates, Arab League Locations: Saudi Arabia, Wall, Silicon, Gulf, Saudi, Istanbul, Gulf Kingdom, Ahmed Jadallah Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, Jasmin Merdan Saudi's, Riyadh, Arab, Vienna, AFP, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar

☆ The wildest demand Saudi Arabia made as part of its potential investment (takeover?) in the PGA Tour: get LIV Golf's Saudi boss a Masters green jacket
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Cork Gaines | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Congress grilled the PGA about its bid to merge with LIV Golf and accept Saudi Arabian investment. As PGA Tour board member Jimmy Dunne put it, "There is simply an agreement to try to get to an agreement." LIV Golf would only play in the fall and not overlap with the heart of the PGA Tour season. What makes the demand even stranger is that the PGA Tour almost certainly does not have the power to grant this. After all, despite the initial fight between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, none of the defecting players were being withheld from competing in the majors.

Persons: LIV Golf, LIV, LIV Golfand, Jimmy Dunne, Woods, Rory McIlroy, Yasir Al, PIF, Donald Trump, Greg Norman, Chris Trotman, St Andrews, Andrews, Stephanie Asymkos, Augusta Organizations: Augusta National, PGA, Service, PGA Tour, LIV Golf, Investigations, Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, LIV, Aramco, Congress, Augusta National Golf, Getty, Augusta National Golf Cub, Golf, St, — Augusta National, Augusta, Uber, Microsoft, Boeing, Disney, English Premier League soccer, Newcastle United, Al, Wall Street Locations: Saudi, Wall, Silicon, Saudi Arabia, St

☆ The global golf megamerger looks even more confounding after a 3-hour grilling in front of Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Cork Gaines | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Big questions remain, especially as to why the PGA Tour took the Saudi money without looking elsewhere. The PGA Tour's deal with LIV Golf and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) is just an agreement to seek an agreement. This all started when LIV Golf, with golf legend Greg Norman at the lead, started offering PGA Tour players vast sums of money to jump to the new Saudi-backed golf league. The PGA Tour, a non-profit, just did not have the resources to compete with the deep pockets of the Saudis. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has yet to testify before Congress.

Persons: LIV Golf, Greg Norman, Sergio Garcia, LIV, Chris Trotman, Sen, Richard Blumenthal, Conn, Tom Williams, Jodi Balsam, Balsam, Jay Monahan, Rob Carr, Jimmy Dunne, Eamon Lynch, Golfweek, Lynch, It's Organizations: Service, LIV, Tour, PGA Tour, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, PGA, Royal Greens, & Country Club, King Abdullah Economic, Inc, Getty, Brooklyn Law School, NBA Locations: Wall, Silicon, Saudi, Jeddah, King Abdullah, King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia, PIF

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