Saudi Arabia is going to sponsor the WTA women's tennis rankings under a new partnership
Time:2024-05-21 09:42:52 Source:businessViews(143)
NEW YORK (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s move into tennis will now include a multiyear deal to sponsor the WTA women’s rankings.
The WTA released word of its partnership agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) on Monday, a move that follows last month’s news that the kingdom will host the tour’s season-ending championships in Riyadh starting this year and February’s announcement that it will sponsor the ATP men’s rankings.
Both tours’ rankings deals are for five years.
The PIF is the first naming-rights partner for the WTA rankings and the new arrangement also includes plans to promote tennis at lower levels of the sport.
Tennis has been consumed lately by the debate over whether the sport should follow golf and others in making deals with Saudi Arabia, where rights groups say women continue to face discrimination in most aspects of family life and homosexuality is a major taboo, as it is in much of the rest of the Middle East.
Previous:Ohio judge to rule Monday on whether the state’s abortion ban stands
Next:Jessica Biel CHOPS her long locks into a bob after book signing in Studio City
You may also like
- OpenAI pauses ChatGPT voice after Scarlett Johansson comparisons
- Authorities confirm 2nd victim of ex
- Biden promises quick provision of additional arms to Ukraine in call with Zelensky
- Biden meets 4
- Pope trip to Luxembourg, Belgium confirmed for September, 2 weeks after challenging Asia visit
- South Carolina Senate approves $15.4B budget after debate on bathrooms and conference switching
- Maple Leafs forward William Nylander sits out 3rd straight game to open the playoffs
- How a pheromone perfume could make you irresistible to the opposite sex
- Candice Swanepoel stuns in a form