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Activists criticise Saudi buy out of Newcastle football club

Newcastle United football fans celebrated the Saudi takeover of their club by wearing towels over their heads and waving the kingdom’s flag.

Activists have criticised the buy out and called out Saudi Arabia for “sportswashing” its human rights abuses
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