Understanding the Saudi sports investment | The Listening Post

Saudi Arabia’s massive spending on sport is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s strategy to diversify the petrostate’s economy and re-shape its brand.Contributors:Abdullah Al-Arian - Author, Football in the Middle EastGregg Carlstrom - Middle East Correspondent, The EconomistKristin Diwan - Senior Research Scholar, The Arab Gulf States InstituteRayhan Uddin - Journalist, Middle East EyeOn our radar:This week saw the launch of the biggest antitrust trial of the century against tech behemoth, Google. Flo Phillips explains what’s at stake, and why governments in the US and Europe are taking big tech to task.God and atheism on YouTube:Religious evangelists of all stripes have long enjoyed large platforms on social media - now, atheism is growing online. The Listening Post’s Ryan Kohls reports from the US on the country's Godless apostles on YouTube.Contributors:Seth Andrews - YouTuber, @TheThinkingAtheistDrew McCoy - YouTuber, @GeneticallyModifiedSkepticChrissy Stroop - Senior Correspondent, Religion DispatchesSubscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribeFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglishFind us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeeraCheck our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile@AljazeeraEnglish#Aljazeeraenglish#News