Greg Norman attempted to brush off questions about the murder of the dissident Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi by saying “we’ve all made mistakes”.
The Australian former golfer, 67, was speaking on Wednesday night as he laid out plans for the $255 million (£207 million) Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, which is bankrolled by the country’s sovereign wealth fund, the PIF.
However, many of the questions during a media day at Centurion Club near St Albans, where the first event of the series will take place, centred on sportswashing and human rights, including the 2018 murder and dismemberment of Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Norman, the frontman for the series, said: “Everybody has owned up to it, right? It has been spoken about,
'We've all made mistakes' – Greg Norman's gaffe over killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi - The Times
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