Promoters retain Wembley accreditation power despite barring reporter from fight

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Promoters hiring Wembley will continue to have the last word on accreditation disputes after a Telegraph journalist was barred from the Anthony Joshua-Daniel Dubois fight at the weekend. The Telegraph’s chief sports writer, Oliver Brown, says he was refused access to Saturday’s heavyweight world title bout after writing an opinion piece on Friday which was critical of Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the sport. The dark underside to the glitz of Saudi sportswashing is a country ruled by fear Felix Jakens, Amnesty International UK Felix Jakens, the head of priority campaigns and individuals at risk at human rights organisation Amnesty International UK, said: “We know how the Saudi authorities regard journalists who step out of line with the terrible example of Jamal Khashoggi’s grisly murder, and it’s disturbing to hear these reports of a British journalist being blocked from doing their job because of their reporting. “Sports journalists covering everything from boxing to football, golf, snooker and tennis have rightly called out the big-money Saudi sportswashing project – this is necessary journalism, not grounds for being excluded from a sporting event.”