{"id":5107,"date":"2022-03-21T22:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T21:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/21\/saudi-arabia-expands-its-sportswashing-ambitions-to-the-world-of-gaming\/"},"modified":"2022-03-21T22:38:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T21:38:06","slug":"saudi-arabia-expands-its-sportswashing-ambitions-to-the-world-of-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/21\/saudi-arabia-expands-its-sportswashing-ambitions-to-the-world-of-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia expands its sportswashing ambitions to the world of gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By zeroing in on the burgeoning eSports market, the kingdom has added a new layer to its soft power strategy in an attempt to polish its public image<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia has grand plans to become a powerhouse in the world of eSports and gaming. <\/p>\n<p>The kingdom\u2019s sovereign wealth fund \u2013 a $500bn entity chaired by Crown Prince <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/mohammed-bin-salman\">Mohammed bin Salman<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spa.gov.sa\/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&amp;newsid=2324319\">announced<\/a> a new gaming company in January 2022 with the intention of staking its claim in the booming industry. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2022\/mar\/21\/saudi-arabia-expands-its-sportswashing-ambitions-to-the-world-of-gaming\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3dca0ef245512a8963d07ac804434ddf30010368\/0_29_3000_1802\/master\/3000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=9dff8dbaad679c0335c705b9d73f8cac\" title=\"Saudi Arabia expands its sportswashing ambitions to the world of gaming\" \/>By zeroing in on the burgeoning eSports market, the kingdom has added a new layer to its soft power strategy in an attempt to polish its public image<br \/>\nSaudi Arabia has grand plans to become a powerhouse in the world of eSports and gaming.<br \/>\nThe kingdom\u2019s sovereign wealth fund \u2013 a $500bn entity chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman \u2013 announced a new gaming company in January 2022 with the intention of staking its claim in the booming industry.  Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By zeroing in on the burgeoning eSports market, the kingdom has added a new layer to its soft power strategy in an attempt to polish its public image Saudi Arabia has grand plans to become a powerhouse in the world of eSports and gaming. The kingdom\u2019s sovereign wealth fund \u2013 a $500bn entity chaired by &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/21\/saudi-arabia-expands-its-sportswashing-ambitions-to-the-world-of-gaming\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saudi Arabia expands its sportswashing ambitions to the world of gaming<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5107"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}