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Britain's seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said he did not feel comfortable racing there and called on Saudi Arabia to improve its human rights record before the 2022 grand prix.

2034 World Cup: Saudi Arabia set to host after Australia does

Football's world governing body Fifa had said the 2034 World Cup would be held in Asia or Oceania, and an Australian bid was regarded as the only potential challenger to Saudi Arabia, which announced its intention to bid shortly after Fifa's decision. Like the 2022 men's tournament, the 2034 edition would almost certainly be held in winter because of extreme heat in the summer, although modernising existing infrastructure rather than building new stadiums would likely make it more environmentally friendly than Qatar. Reports and Highlights 31/10/23 9:45pm Devine sends Port Vale past Mansfield and into Carabao Cup QFs Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) completed a takeover of Newcastle United in 2021, and manager Eddie Howe said: "Our trips out there to Riyadh and Jeddah were two very different experiences.

It said: "Human rights commitments must be agreed with potential hosts before final decisions on holding the tournaments are made. Boxing world title fights have also been held in Saudi Arabia. Britain's Anthony Joshua, who beat Andy Ruiz in Riyadh in 2019, said he was "here for boxing" before losing to Oleksandr Usyk in Jeddah last year. Saudi Arabian Football Federation president Yasser Al Misehal said: "Driven by a huge passion for the game by our young nation, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation is fully committed to meeting and exceeding the bid's requirements." The speed at which Fifa has appeased key allies in federations across the globe to put Saudi in the box seat for 2034 has taken the football world by surprise, not least Australia. The country that missed out to Qatar for the 2022 finals, in the crooked Fifa vote of 2010, was told this month that interested nations had just 25 days to declare an interest. On Tuesday Amnesty International called on Fifa to secure "clear and binding commitments" from Saudi Arabia.

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As we live in an increasingly divided and aggressive world, we show once again that football, the leading global sport, unites like nothing else."Tennis will hold a professional event in Saudi Arabia for the first time in November after a five-year deal was agreed for Jeddah to host the Next Gen ATP Finals.