A British national newspaper journalist has claimed he was refused entry to Anthony Joshua’s knockout defeat against Daniel Dubois after criticising Saudi Arabia for ‘sportswashing’. The Daily Telegraph’s Oliver Brown was barred from Wembley Stadium after dubbing the build-up to the Riyadh Season event ‘Saudi Disneyland’.

Turki Alalshikh, the Saudi Arabian royal behind some of the world’s biggest boxing fights, appeared to be unhappy as he watched Anthony Joshua fall to a spectacular defeat by Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium.

Before Anthony Joshua was obliterated by Daniel Dubois on Saturday night, the Saudi Arabia national anthem was performed at Wembley. To many watching on from home, the scene was utterly bizarre. While the country have stamped their footprint on sport,