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Paul Rouse: Las Vegas, India and the shifting power in sport

The recent Grand Prix in Sin City and the Cricket World Cup final in India illustrate two things...
LEAVING LAS VEGAS: Red Bull driver Max Verstappen during the GP in the city this week. Picture:AP Photo/Nick Didlick

LEAVING LAS VEGAS: Red Bull driver Max Verstappen during the GP in the city this week. Picture:AP Photo/Nick Didlick

Fri, 24 Nov, 2023 - 07:38
Paul Rouse
Paul Rouse
Paul Rouse is an historian, author, broadcaster… and former Offaly football boss. He specialises in sport and Irish culture.

The future of sports came more sharply into focus last Sunday.

The two biggest sporting spectacles on the day were the Formula 1 race at Las Vegas and the World Cup Final in cricket which was played in India.

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