ABU DHABI TV TO AIR EXCLUSIVELY GULF 20 MATCHES

SANA'A, April 07 (Saba) - President of the General Federation of Football and the manager of Gulf 20 Ahmad al-Essi has disclosed that Abu Dhabi Sports Channel (ADSC) won the exclusive rights of the football tournament, the state-run 26september has reported.

During an interview with the "estad-aldoha.net" website, al-Essi refused to reveal the amount Yemen has got from the channel for airing exclusively the football matches.

The ADSC head Mohammed Najib, who is currently in Aden governorate, said that the channel would make the rights of airing the tournament matches available for all other channels.

ADSC head has also refused to add more information about the media rights, affirming only Yemen has the right to announce the channel's name and the amount it received.

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