The Great North Run this weekend will draw 60 thousand runners to the streets of Tyneside and a TV audience of millions. But there’s another international sporting fixture in Newcastle tonight that’s proving much more controversial.
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Saudi Arabia is playing Costa Rica in the first of two international football friendlies at St James’s Park, the home of Newcastle United. And the choice of venue has angered some of the team’s fans.
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Newcastle United, finally, have new owners. After such a protracted saga a group comprising Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund – the Public Investment Fund – the Reuben Brothers, and Amanda Staveley have taken over.
So what has changed?
Written by Seb Stafford-Bloor, illustrated by Alice Devine and Marco Bevilacqua.
