Current location:entertainment >>
Saudi Arabia is going to sponsor the WTA women's tennis rankings under a new partnership
entertainment4788People have gathered around
IntroductionNEW YORK (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s move into tennis will now include a multiyear deal to sponsor the WTA ...
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.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Global Gateway news portal”。http://costarica.spaceforanything.com/html-38f199835.html
Related articles
Student fatally shot, suspect detained at Georgia's Kennesaw State University
entertainmentATLANTA (AP) — Officials at Georgia’s Kennesaw State University say a student was killed in a weeken ...
Read moreThe world's quirkiest themed cruises revealed, from a nude cruise to a voyage for cat
entertainmentThought cruises were over the top? You haven't seen anything yet. These themed voyages will open you ...
Read moreI'm a flight expert and THIS premium economy seat by Air France blew me away
entertainmentWhen MailOnline Travel's Harriet Sime flew in Emirates' A380 premium economy, she commented that 'it ...
Read more
Popular articles
- Shooting injures 2 at Missouri high school graduation ceremony
- REVEALED: The VERY strict 'decorum rules' that passengers aboard NUDE cruise have to follow
- Grab a key (literally) and unlock the secrets of Denbigh, a forgotten corner of North Wales
- Grab a key (literally) and unlock the secrets of Denbigh, a forgotten corner of North Wales
- Verona confirms Serie A status for another year after beating Salernitana
- Moment huge line of surfers ride the five
Latest articles
Tom Brady and Jay
REVEALED: The eye
From the glamour of Cannes to arty hilltop villages: Inside Provence
Gas prices are on the rise again. Here's where experts say they are going next.
Company wins court ruling to continue development of Michigan factory serving EV industry
Holiday firm On The Beach takes to social media to fire back at 'abusive, snobby and fat
LINKS
- Every WNBA team to begin using charter flights by May 21
- Preakness is up next for Brian Hernandez after winning the Derby with a perfect trip on Mystik Dan
- Former Connecticut budget official arrested, pleads not guilty to bribery and extortion charges
- Jeopardy! contestant leaves host Ken Jennings STUNNED with shock on
- More trouble in Belgium for Miami
- Sarah Hyland LICKS her husband Wells Adams' tongue in loved
- Archaeologists believe they've found site of Revolutionary War barracks in Virginia
- Struggling to focus? Stop multitasking and try the 'pull method' instead
- A look at high
- Special bonds aim to promote demand, growth