{"id":72367,"date":"2022-05-13T10:59:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T01:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=72367"},"modified":"2022-05-13T10:59:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T01:29:27","slug":"greg-norman-under-fire-over-saudi-arabia-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/greg-norman-under-fire-over-saudi-arabia-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Norman Under Fire Over Saudi Arabia Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former world number one golfer Greg Norman continues to face fallout from comments he made about Saudi Arabia human rights atrocities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/fiveaa-sports-show-with-rowey-bicks\/roweys-sports-show-podcast-12-may-2022\/embed\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Rowey's Sports Show Podcast - 12 May 2022\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norman was this week accused of brushing off the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018. Asked about the killing at a promo event for his series of Saudi Arabia-funded tournaments in England Norman said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Look, we&#8217;ve all made mistakes and you just want to learn by those mistakes and how you can correct them going forward.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The comments were criticised by many, including golf Hall of Famer Karrie Webb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The little girl in me just died well and truly!! Has anyones childhood hero disappointed them as much as I am now?? \ud83e\udee3\ud83d\ude22\ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p17klqYdCp\">https:\/\/t.co\/p17klqYdCp<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Karrie Webb AO (@Karrie_Webb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Karrie_Webb\/status\/1524613535917285376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Long-time footy writer Mark Robinson was staggered by the comments when he joined Rowey\u2019s Sports Show:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cGreg Norman is a sporting hero to so many people \u2013 he was to me. He was like our Tiger Woods. And now he\u2019s associated with a country with human rights atrocities and he\u2019s doing it to set up a golf tournament, and when he\u2019s asked about some of those atrocities Greg Norman says everyone makes mistakes\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cThat is the worst comment I reckon I\u2019ve heard from a sports person.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>ROBBO&#8217;S FULL CHAT HERE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/fiveaa-sports-show-with-rowey-bicks\/interview-mark-robinson-12-may-2022\/embed\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"INTERVIEW: Mark Robinson - 12 May 2022\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p>FIVEAA BREAKFAST LIVE STREAM &#8211; FRI 13 MAY &#8211; WATCH HERE:<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F1395FIVEAA%2Fvideos%2F979413632751483%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former world number one golfer Greg Norman continues to face fallout from comments he made about Saudi Arabia human rights atrocities. 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