Watch sport in the Gulf

Watching sport in the Gulf is its own skill. Kick-offs land at midnight, IPL games clash with school nights, F1 weekends colonise half of Abu Dhabi, and the best screens are rarely the ones with the biggest signs out front. This pillar exists to take the guesswork out of all of it.

Every guide here is written from a seat we've actually sat in — a Dubai sports bar at 1am, a Riyadh fan zone for a Saudi Pro League derby, a Doha hotel rooftop for the Champions League final. We cover the venues that genuinely show every match, the fan zones worth travelling for, the broadcast packages worth paying for, and the city-by-city schedules that tell you when kick-off actually lands in Gulf time.

Use the filters below to drill down by sport or city, or follow the roadmap to see the full set of guides we're publishing across Watch.