Sports journalist imprisoned in Dubai

Updated October 23 2021 - 7:22am, first published 7:17am
A TV sports journalist has been imprisoned in Dubai for comments made off-air.
A TV sports journalist has been imprisoned in Dubai for comments made off-air.

Prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates have imprisoned a television journalist over apparently leaked pre-match comments made before the Emirates' tie with Iraq during a World Cup qualifier earlier this month.

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