IOC president’s call for transparency challenges Middle Eastern/Asian political dominance of soccer
Prince Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa: Commander of Bahrain's armed forces and National Olympic Committee. A divorce between sport and politics?
By James M. Dorsey
Taken at face value, a rare acknowledgment by International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach that sports and politics are inextricably intertwined should be a first step towards radical ref…
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