Your current location:HOME >entertainment >Saudi Arabia is going to sponsor the WTA women's tennis rankings under a new partnership 正文
TIME:2024-05-21 19:27:11 Source: Internet compilationEdit:entertainment
NEW 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.
Election 2024: Biden and Trump bypassed the Commission on Presidential Debates2024-05-21 19:24
Cheers and flames as Orthodox worshipers greet the ancient ceremony of the 'Holy Fire'2024-05-21 19:21
ANDREW PIERCE: Don't mention the Tories! How Darlington2024-05-21 18:27
Kim Kardashian flaunts her famous curves in barely2024-05-21 18:17
Storms damage homes in Oklahoma and Kansas. But in Houston, most power is restored2024-05-21 18:14
Shameless taxi driver who boasted to his passengers about being pulled over for speeding2024-05-21 17:43
Kentucky Derby to remain on NBC through 2032 in extension with Churchill Downs2024-05-21 17:11
Beyonce added to French dictionary with publication listing her as 'American singer of R&B and pop'2024-05-21 17:01
Lynn Williams breaks NWSL goal2024-05-21 16:59
Warren Buffett draws thousands, but Charlie Munger will be missed2024-05-21 16:43
Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry2024-05-21 19:23
A look back at all the times Margot Robbie has served as a bridesmaid2024-05-21 18:57
Paige VanZant claims Dillon Danis asked her to 'peg him' as her husband challenges him to fight2024-05-21 18:18
Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas vows to continue his bid for an 11th term despite bribery indictment2024-05-21 18:15
Medics remove 150 MAGGOTS from a woman's mouth after dental procedure left her with rotting tissue2024-05-21 18:07
Kaley Cuoco sells her stunning nine2024-05-21 18:04
Anne Hathaway is left red2024-05-21 17:32
A Chinese driver is praised for helping reduce casualties in a highway collapse that killed 482024-05-21 17:03
Uber and Lyft say they'll stay in Minnesota after Legislature passes driver pay compromise2024-05-21 16:57
SZA calls out Australians over 'disgusting' act at her Melbourne show2024-05-21 16:48