ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates—There is no real history of world-class, elite basketball success in the United Arab Emirates. The nation has never qualified for the Basketball World Cup, never reached the courts at the Olympics, never sent a player to the National Basketball Association (NBA). Doesn’t matter. The game…
which also played host to soccer’s men’s World Cup last year amid loud cries of sportswashing—the phenomenon of countries spending enormous sums of money to lure sports to their soil in an effort to overshadow reputations tattered by human-rights violations or other atrocities.
Kerr has far more than cursory knowledge of Middle East policy and history. He was born in Lebanon, where his father, Malcolm H. Kerr, was president of the American University of Beirut. Steve Kerr was 18 when his father was shot twice in the head and killed outside his office in 1984. Formula One will finish its season in Abu Dhabi again this year and has a contract to be there annually through 2030. Golf’s European Tour and DP World Tour have stops in Abu Dhabi on their calendars. UFC is coming back there in October, the latest in a long line of visits to the city. It’s a tennis destination, cycling destination, even a marathon destination .
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