A Saudi Arabian businessman is leading bidding to watch Cristiano Ronaldo face Lionel Messi in a friendly in Riyadh – and enter the dressing rooms
The buyer of the ticket has the right to attend the winners’ ceremony, enter dressing rooms and meet the two men who for years have vied to be the world’s greatest.
Though revenue from the auction is to go to charity, the event may fuel accusations of “sportswashing”: distracting attention from rights abuses by splashing money on sport.
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