Ticket sales for the women’s soccer World Cup to be held in Oz and New Zealand later this year are through the roof, but controversy has emerged over one of the major sponsors. The host nations have written to soccer’s world governing body FIFA, demanding an urgent explanation on why Visit Saudi – a tourist organisation for Saudi Arabia – was accepted as a sponsor. Football Australia issued a statement saying it’s “very disappointed” the decision was made without their consultation. Former Socceroo and human rights activist Craig Foster labelled it “disgraceful in the extreme” due to the nation’s oppressive treatment of women and other human rights abuses. If World Cup organisers are looking for a new sponsor, maybe they can knock on the door of a newly cashed-up Socceroo Harry Souttar?