The Qatar handball team is basically made of world champions from other teams, they are paid 1m a year, which you can imagine is huge for a sport like handball.
Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi are paying huge amounts to naturalize Africans to play football for them as well.
Whilst theirs is state sponsored we have being doing it for years as well in the form of sponsorship you can get representing and winning for GB.
Yesterday on the tennis they mentioned kei nisheikouri (spelling?) is the highest earning tennis player from endorsements. Apparently he earns $40m per year!! Amazing for a guy with limited (in a youn career) success. It shows how much the Asian market is worth.
As soppy as it sounds, I thought the 'sisterhood' shown by the heptathletes as they joined hands and raised them to the crowd at the finale of the competition was quite moving. Then they were hugging and kissing, and that was also moving in a different way and my thoughts debased the whole thing.
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Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi are paying huge amounts to naturalize Africans to play football for them as well.
Whilst theirs is state sponsored we have being doing it for years as well in the form of sponsorship you can get representing and winning for GB.
Theirs is just a bit more blatant.
Maybe I should post this on the getting old thread as it makes my pics boil.
This event shouldn't be at the Olympics
Doesn't matter if the sport should be there or not
It is and team GB Justin rose wins it
Fucking get in
Well deserved gold, young man !