Saudi king tightens control on soccer by awarding broadcast rights to government television
A decision by Saudi King Abdullah to grant state-controlled broadcaster Saudi Television the right for three years to air the kingdom’s soccer league matches reaffirms the region’s trend to control the sport and constitutes a setback for efforts to professionalize soccer and enable it to create value.
Saudi Culture and Information Minister Abdul Aziz Kho…
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