It seemed almost impossible to believe in 2010, but five years after Fifa awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, the prospect of the world's biggest football tournament in the tiny gulf state is more real than ever. Despite a litany of scandals associated with the bid and an outcry over th...
Qatar would flat-pack its stadia to donate afterwards to developing countries. It would be green. It already donates wealth globally to natural disasters and, most beneficent of all, it supplies the world with natural gas.Sands, Sarah
It seems there’s no end to controversies surrounding Qatar hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2022. First cameallegations of bribery, thenconcerns over the country’s human rights record, and now suggestions thatQatar co-host the event with Oman and Kuwait. And all of thisamidst a diplomatic and...
aSoaring oil revenues will help Qatar, which is getting ready to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022, construct some of the most expensive soccer stadiums ever built. The nation's ambitious designs for air-conditioned stadiums, including one with a 360-degree exterior “media facade” built with...
题目BThe small Middle Eastern nation of Qatar(卡塔尔) has a soccer team, but it has never played insoccer's greatest tournament(锦标赛), the World Cup. However, something amazing will happen in thewinter of 2022. In November-December, the 2022 World Cup will be held i...
Last autumn, my 80-year-old grandmother was having problems with her heart. My family sent her to the After a careful examination, a famous doctor told my grandmother, “You have such a heart condition that you should have an operatio
Qatar is very happy to be the first Middle Eastern nation to host the tournament. The country’s Emir (对穆斯林统治者的尊称) said to the World Cup organization ,“Thank you for believing in change... Thank you for giving Qatar a chance." () 41. Why is it so amazing th...
The top two from both six-team groups qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar automatically. The two third-placed teams will then face each other in a two-legged playoff, with the winner of that tie entering an intercontinental playoff. Enditem...
With the World Cup in Russia coming up in a few years and Putin encouraging Russian entrepreneurs to invest at home instead of abroad, Chelsea fans might be in for some bad news or at the very least less money in the transfer kitty than they are used to. There can be no doubt that ...
After racing the Ooredoo Half Marathon in Doha, Qatar January 12th I got on a plane for my first trip to Africa! Since landing in Kenya, Betsy Saina and I have become fast friends- she has helped me set up an apartment, find a pacer (someone who does all of my runs with me), and...