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Who can forget Russia's hosting of the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014? No doubt Vladimir Putin's regime was hoping for a reputational boost, but the games ended in a PR disaster whose fallout lasted for years (Photo: FIFA)

Why Europe should stop worrying about 'sportswashing'

by Damien Phillips, London,

The recent furore in the UK over whether prime minister Boris Johnson intervened in Saudi Arabia's failed bid to buy Newcastle United and the indignance of La Liga's chief Javier Tebas, in the controversy over United Arab Emirates-owned Manchester City and its

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Damien Phillips is director of Proactive Public Affairs, and previously worked for the UN in Lagos, and the Adam Smith Institute.

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Who can forget Russia's hosting of the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014? No doubt Vladimir Putin's regime was hoping for a reputational boost, but the games ended in a PR disaster whose fallout lasted for years (Photo: FIFA)

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Damien Phillips is director of Proactive Public Affairs, and previously worked for the UN in Lagos, and the Adam Smith Institute.

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