{"id":8405,"date":"2025-10-15T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T02:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theasiangame.net\/?post_type=tag_episode&#038;p=8405"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T03:49:25","slug":"live-drama-in-doha-with-james-montague-saudi-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"tag_episode","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiangame.net\/ro\/audio\/live-drama-in-doha-with-james-montague-saudi-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: Drama in Doha with James Montague + Saudi celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a night of high drama in Doha and Jeddah, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have confirmed their place at the FIFA World Cup 2026 in contrasting fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qatar secured their place with a 2-1 win over UAE in a violence-marred clash at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium. 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Michael Church was at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium for us reporting on another memorable night for Saudi football.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a night of high drama in Doha and Jeddah, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have confirmed&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":7176,"template":"","tag_episode_show":[527],"class_list":["post-8405","tag_episode","type-tag_episode","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LIVE: Drama in Doha with James Montague + Saudi celebrations - The Asian Game<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theasiangame.net\/ro\/audio\/live-drama-in-doha-with-james-montague-saudi-celebrations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ro_RO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LIVE: Drama in Doha with James Montague + Saudi celebrations - 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