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{{Short description|Practice of using sports to improve a tarnished reputation}}
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[[File:Anti-F1 protester.JPG|thumb|F1 in Bahrain is an example of sportswashing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bahrain's grim human rights violations are behind the glamour of the Grand Prix|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/03/bahrain-grim-human-rights-violations-behind-the-glamour-of-the-grand-prix/|website=www.amnesty.org|date=27 March 2019|language=en|access-date=27 February 2020|archive-date=27 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227051007/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/03/bahrain-grim-human-rights-violations-behind-the-glamour-of-the-grand-prix/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=gulf/>]]
'''Sportswashing''' is a term used to describe the practice of nations, individuals, groups, corporations, or governments using [[sport]]s to improve [[reputation]]s tarnished by wrongdoing. A form of [[propaganda]], sportswashing can be accomplished through hosting sporting events, purchasing, or [[Sponsor (commercial)|sponsoring]] sporting teams, or participating in a sport.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-23 |title=What is sportswashing and why is it such a big problem? |url=https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/sportswashing-definition-examples/ |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=Greenpeace UK |language=en |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327151216/https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/sportswashing-definition-examples/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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