# Vad är sportwashing?
Author: Pyttelite

***Saudiarabien lägger ner just nu enorma summor pengar på sport.
Mångmiljardsatsningarna bedöms vara ett sätt att få världen att förknippa landet med positiva värden istället för bristande demokrati och förtryck – det som kallas sportswashing.***

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https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/experten-saudiarabiens-sportswashing-kommer-lyckas

## Comment 1
Author: Pyttelite

***Sportswashing is a term used to describe the practice of nations, individuals, groups, corporations, or governments using sports to improve reputations tarnished by wrongdoing.***

***A form of propaganda, sportswashing can be accomplished through hosting sporting events, purchasing, or sponsoring sporting teams, or participating in a sport.***

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sportswashing

## Comment 2
Author: Pyttelite

***Sportswashing is a neologism that has begun to appear with increasing regularity in the English-language media over the past few years.***


***However, there has been limited academic discussion of the term and certainly no sustained analysis of what it might or might not offer to sports scholars.***

 ***This lacuna is particularly curious given the rapid rise in interest in related issues, such as the links between sport and soft power, sporting mega events and place branding and sports diplomacy.***

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10126902221136086?utm_source=newsletter.thesignal.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=saudi-arabia-s-hole-in-one