332 Arab sports news items were exchanged during the first nine months of 2017 in both daily and weekly exchanges. Moreover, it is worth to note the variety of the sports exchanged which reached more than 20 different categories. Only football represented approximatively 30% of the global volume of the exchanges despite right fees on this discipline throughout almost all Arab televisions.
On the other hand, international sports events provided by ASBU to its members were also various by the acquisition of broadcasting rights of numerous events like the fourth Islamic solidarity games in Baku (Azerbaijan) , the diamond league athletics tournaments, the WTA and ATP grand prix and the FIVB volley ball grand prix.
In addition, ASBU members also provided a number of local, regional and international events mainly through ASBU MENOS system such as :
- The emir of Kuwait soccer final match
- The Kuwaiti crown prince soccer final match
- The 35th Arab clubs volley ball championships in Bahrain
- The king of Bahrain soccer final match
- The Bahraini basketball super cup
- The Algerian soccer cup quarter finals match
- The Algerian women’s soccer final match
- The Algerian women’s volley ball cup final match
- The Algerian men’s volley ball cup final match
- The sultan Qaboos of Oman soccer final match
- The Omani volley ball league final match
- The Omani hand ball league final match
- The Omani shooting championships final round
- The Omani equestrian final round
- The Omani football league final match
- Abu Dhabi jujitsu world tournament
- The emir of Qatar soccer cup final
- The Jordanian soccer cup final
- The Jordanian soccer super cup
- The 14th Arab youth volley ball championships in Jordan