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Saudi sports channels are reportedly planning to air all World Cup matches for free<\/strong> in the Arab world, Saudi journalist Ghazey Al Harthy tweeted on Wednesday<\/a>, citing anonymous sources. \u201cFrom now on, Arab viewers will no longer have to pay for expensive subscriptions in [Qatar\u2019s] BeIN sports to watch the World Cup,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saudi sports channels are reportedly planning to air all World Cup matches for free in the Arab world, Saudi journalist Ghazey Al Harthy tweeted on Wednesday, citing anonymous sources. \u201cFrom now on, Arab viewers will no longer have to pay for expensive subscriptions in [Qatar\u2019s] BeIN sports to watch the World Cup,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9257],"tags":[72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-627475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-your-way-out","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"2ccf6cf0-4967-42dc-a2f1-8a7c38beb82d","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[627431],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nSaudi sports channels to air World Cup matches for free - 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