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beIN Sports to broadcast Argentina v France title match free of charge

Argentina's Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez celebrate during the 3-0 World Cup semi-final win against Croatia at the Lusail Stadium on December 13, 2022. AP

Lionel Messi celebrates Argentina's win with Rodrigo De Paul, Paulo Dybala, Leandro Paredes and Alejandro Gomez after the match. Reuters

Argentina's Lionel Messi and teammates celebrate their victory. AP

Lionel Messi of Argentina after the team's win over Croatia. Getty

Lionel Messi of Argentina celebrates after the game. Getty

Julian Alvarez celebrates with teammates after scoring the third goal. Getty

Argentina's Julian Alvarez scores the third goal of the game. PA

Julian Alvarez celebrates scoring the second goal with Lionel Messi and teammates. EPA

Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring the first goal. Getty

Argentina's Julian Alvarez celebrates with teammates after scoring the second goal. Getty

Argentina's Julian Alvarez scores the second goal. PA

Julian Alvarez celebrates after scoring. Getty

Croatia's Dominik Livakovic fouls Julian Alvarez, leading to the penalty. Getty

Croatia's goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic lies on the ground after fouling Argentina's Julian Alvarez to concede a penalty. AFP

Lionel Messi scores his penalty. Getty

Lionel Messi after scoring Argntina's first goal from the penalty spot. Getty

Lionel Messi in action with Croatia's Mateo Kovacic. Reuters

Football fans in the UAE and Mena region have another reason to celebrate ahead of Sunday's World Cup title match between Argentina and France.

While the clash between Lionel Messi's Argentina and Kylian Mbappe-inspired France is enticing enough, fans across the region will get to enjoy the action in far greater numbers after broadcasters beIN Sports announced major plans for Sunday's final at the Lusail Stadium.

The final between Argentina and France will be made available on beIN Sports’ free-to-air channel. Also, in more good news for fans in the Mena region, the entire day’s coverage will be available to stream free of charge on beIN’s official YouTube channel.

Following the announcement, Mohammad Al-Subaie, CEO of beIN Mena said: “The final of the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 this Sunday will be a historic occasion for football, for the Arab World. For this reason, we are determined to make sure it is available to as many people who want to watch it as possible.

"We started this tournament promising to provide an unrivalled viewing experience to football fans across the region and, with billions of people having tuned in so far, we can safely say we have succeeded in doing that.”

The final will be played from 7pm UAE time (6pm local) on Sunday. Arabic coverage will start at 9am UAE time on beIN Sports' free-to-air channel, beIN Sports MAX 1, and beIN Sports' YouTube channel.

English live coverage starts at 12pm on beIN Sports Max 3. The commentary on the final match will kick off at 5pm and will be available in both Spanish and English.