Amnesty International has denounced the reported move by Fifa to have Saudi Arabia’s national tourism board as a sponsor of the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup because of what it calls the Gulf state’s “appalling” oppression of women.
Visit Saudi will soon be unveiled as one of the sponsors for the tournament, according to reports in the Athletic and the Guardian in the UK, and would be advertised throughout the largest women’s sports event in the world when it’s staged in…