Washington DC’s sports franchises have largely underperformed in recent years but this season there has been plenty of drama off the court and ice.

The owner of Washington’s basketball and hockey teams had declared he was moving them outside the city to neighboring Virginia only to reverse course months later.

And the incentives that brought him back are raising questions about how public money is used, as Owen Fairclough reports.

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