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☆ Why Saudi Arabia is spending hundreds of millions on soccer stars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar
  + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Anuz Thapa | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Soccer in Saudi Arabia has entered a new era — the era of having global superstars play on Saudi turf. "This is what we're doing by bringing household names like that to the Saudi league. Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, is the financial vehicle driving these high-priced transactions. "Saudi Pro League is the top men's professional soccer league in Saudi Arabia." Watch the video above to find out why Saudi Arabia is doubling down its investment in professional soccer and more.
Persons: Neymar, Ballon, Cristiano Ronaldo, Fahad Nazer, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Stefan Szymanski, Simon Chadwick Organizations: Soccer, Pro League, Saudi, CNBC, Public Investment Fund, Saudi Pro League, University of Michigan, Newcastle United, Critics, Skema Business Locations: Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Saudi Embassy, U.S, Ittihad, Al, Hilal, Ahli
☆ The real reason Americans call it 'soccer' is all England's fault
  + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Tony Manfred | Alan Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The word "soccer" comes from the use of the term "association football" in Britain, and goes back 200 years. "Association football" became "soccer." "Association football" became "soccer" in America, and what was called "gridiron" in Britain became simply "football" in America. Photo by Getty ImagesThe interesting thing here is that Brits still used "soccer" regularly for a huge chunk of the 20th century. Most British people stopped saying "soccer" because of its American connotations, however, UK broadcaster Sky Sports still used it to brand wildly-popular TV shows "Soccer Saturday" and "Soccer A.M."So, no, it's not wrong to call it "soccer" if you're American.
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