Why Cristiano Ronaldo Is ‘on Strike’ and What It Means for the Saudi Pro League The five-time Ballon d’Or winner sat out against Al-Riyadh. Sports Illustrated · Feb 2
Cristiano Ronaldo and an argument at Al-Nassr that doesn’t make sense In today’s Football Daily: Cristiano Ronaldo is not happy The Guardian - UK · Feb 2
LIV Golf Is Now Paying for Its Failure to Compromise With PGA Tour A year ago at Torrey Pines there was optimism for unification in golf, Bob Harig writes, but talks stalled and now Brooks Koepka is the first LIV player to come back to the PGA Tour and won’t be the last. Sports Illustrated · Jan 29
EA Sale to Saudi Arabia Draws Scrutiny From US Lawmakers US lawmakers aren't entirely comfortable with the PIF owning America's biggest game publisher. Operation Sports · Jan 28
Climate fund top-up for Australia's Pacific neighbours Australia is adding another half a billion dollars to its infrastructure fund for the Pacific, with spending to focus on digital projects. AAP · Jan 26
Is It Too Late to Sell Lucid Motors Stock? Lucid Motors stock fell to a record low and briefly plunged below $10. Is it too late to sell the struggling startup EV stock? Barchart · Jan 23
'Objectively Bad' Or 'Marginal Gains'? Rating LIV Golf's Winter Transfer Business LIV has signed seven brand-new players this off-season while making a number of other roster changes - but is the circuit in a stronger of weaker position now? Golf Monthly · Jan 21
Which Players Have Left LIV Golf Ahead Of The 2026 Season? 10 pros departed the PIF-backed circuit prior to the 2026 campaign - here is who they are and information surrounding the reason for their exit Golf Monthly · Jan 21
Is This The End For LIV Golf? It's More Complicated Than You Might Think Losing Brooks Koepka is a huge blow to LIV Golf but the PIF-backed tour looks to be in it for the long run Golf Monthly · Jan 13
LCID Stock Crashed Last Year, But Will Robotaxis Save the Day for Lucid in 2026? Lucid Motors, along with its partners Uber and Nuro, unveiled their robotaxi at the CES earlier this week. Could the robotaxi help save the day for LCID, whose share price has been falling after peaking in 2021? Barchart · Jan 7
Newcastle United set for major Saudi investment in 2026: report Newcastle United’s owners, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), are set to focus some of their funds on a specific area this year FourFourTwo · Jan 7
Rory McIlroy Casts Doubt Over LIV Golf's Long-Term Future The Masters champion told the Stick to Football podcast he thinks LIV's backers may struggle to keep the league going unless they begin to see a return on investment Golf Monthly · Jan 2
Electronic Arts Is Going Private. Is It Too Late to Buy EA Stock? Saudi Arabia's PIF is buying the company for $55 billion, but some analysts are not convinced that the deal will succeed. Barchart · Dec 30, 2025
Every Premier League Club’s Valuation—Ranked There are five Premier League clubs valued at more than £3 billion. Sports Illustrated · Dec 28, 2025
PC Gamer · Dec 23, 2025 Electronic Arts shareholders vote overwhelmingly in favor of Saudi-led takeover The deal is still subject to regulatory approval, but that's a big hurdle cleared.
Operation Sports · Dec 23, 2025 EA Shareholders Approve $55bn Buyout Led by Saudi PIF Back in late September 2025, EA agreed to a $55 leveraged buyout with a Saudi consortium. While there virtually weren’t any doubts that EA and the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) would finalize this deal, it’s all about being confirmed today. According to Bloomberg, Shareholders from EA have approved the…
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025 Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup stadium plans face delays and cost-cutting Saudi Arabia’s construction of stadiums for the 2034 World Cup is facing delays owing to a desire from the PIF to scale back costs
Fortune · Dec 8, 2025 Jared Kushner suddenly emerges in the Warner brawl between Paramount and Netflix, backed by Saudi billions and fresh off brokering another megadeal Trump’s son-in-law is emerging as a central conduit for Gulf money moving into American media, and they’re backing the Ellisons and Paramount.
Sports Illustrated · Dec 8, 2025 LIV Golf CEO Says the League's Biggest Disappointment is Obvious In a wide-ranging interview with Sports Illustrated, LIV Golf's CEO Scott O'Neil described the challenges and successes of his first year on the job.
Operation Sports · Dec 5, 2025 EA’s $55B Deal Would Leave Saudi Arabia in Near-Total Control, Filing Shows The PIF will own the lion's share.
The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025 Newcastle aiming to be ‘top club in the world’ by 2030 Newchief executive David Hopkinson is bullish about reaching lofty targets with the Magpies
The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025 Newcastle United’s new chief executive says team can be world’s best by 2030 David Hopkinson described the football club as a ‘rocket ship’ and the ‘favourite investment’ of Saudi sovereign wealth fund
Barchart · Dec 3, 2025 Lucid Motors Is Now Cheaper Than Rivian, But Is LCID Stock a Better Buy for 2026? Lucid Motors trades at a slight discount to EV peer Rivian based on the forward enterprise value-to-sales multiple. But does that make LCID a better buy than RIVN?
GamesRadar · Dec 3, 2025 EA's $55 billion buyout will reportedly see Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund own 93.4% of the EA Sports FC and Battlefield 6 company Silver Lake and Affinity Partners will apparently comparatively own a much smaller percentage of the company
PC Gamer · Dec 3, 2025 It turns out Saudi Arabia will own 93.4 percent of EA if the buyout goes through, which is effectively all of it The other investors have tiny stakes, and the PIF has stakes in them.