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13.12.2022

Exclusive: Prospect of moving Olympics to winter for Qatar “pure speculation at this point” – IOC

Qatar is in formal talks with the International Olympic Committee about the possibility of hosting a future Summer Olympic Games, but the question of moving the event to a different time of year is

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07.08.2020

Doha to host International Horticultural Expo in 2023

[Source: AIPH] The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) has reviewed upcoming International Horticultural Exhibitions, that falls under its approval, due to the COVID-19 pand

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11.07.2016

Can Qatar develop through football?

Qatar may be under scrutiny for treatment of workers as it invests US$200bn in infrastructure projects before the FIFA World Cup in 2022, but senior figures in football administration point ou

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14.01.2016

FIFA explains ban for Qatar and Russia bid inspector

Harold Mayne-Nicholls, who chaired the FIFA Bid Evaluation Group for World Cups in 2018 and 2022, was on Thursday notified by the adjudicatory chamber of FIFA’s independent Ethics Committee of the

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23.04.2015

Qatar reveals 2022 World Cup stadium design

The fifth venue plan for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup was unveiled on Wednesday.

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16.04.2015

IAAF awards Eugene 2021 Champs; EU Athletics slams process

The IAAF awarded its flagship event, the 2021 World Championships, to the US city of Eugene on Wednesday in a surprise move that has provoked condemnation by the governing body of athletics in Euro

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09.04.2015

Qatar Olympic Committee returns to SportAccord Convention as Silver Partner

SportAccord Convention has welcomed Qatar Olympic Committee as a Silver Partner for this year’s World Sport & Business Summit taking place from 19-24 April 2015 at the Sochi Expocentre, Sochi,

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07.04.2015

Qatar Financial Centre Authority partners with SportAccord Convention

SportAccord Convention has signed Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority as a Bronze Partner for this year’s World Sport & Business Summit, taking place from 19-24 April 2015, at the Sochi Expo

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24.02.2015

Luis Figo welcomes winter World Cup in Qatar

Luis Figo, the retired Portuguese footballer who is running for the presidency of FIFA, has said that the organisation is right to recommend hosting the World Cup in late November and December 2022

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24.02.2015

Qatar to host World Cup in December 2022

A FIFA task force charged with identifying the least disruptive timeframe for hosting the 2022 World Cup finished its six month consultation process today with the recommendation that the event sho

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20.02.2015

Qatar official to meet London cybersecurity experts

British minister for the Cabinet Office and paymaster general Francis Maude this week met with senior Qatari officials, one of whom is to visit London next week to meet with experts on cybersecurit

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19.02.2015

Qatar 2022 stadium build reaches ground level

HBK Contracting Company has laid the first concrete above ground at Al Wakrah stadium, the first of five new venues being built to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

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22.12.2014

Italian stars back Qatar to succeed in 2022

Qatar has the economy and the infrastructural capability to host the FIFA World Cup, but needs to address the issue of the weather and impose its individuality to create an outstanding event in 202

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07.12.2014

Qatari air quality tech chosen for 2022 World Cup venues

The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy – the organisation in charge of building and kitting out

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02.12.2014

Qatar 2022 stadium design meets tough cooling targets

The organisers of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, unveiled the latest stadium design today, with details of the cooling technologies described by lead architect Mark Fenwick as a “challenge” to incorpora

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13.11.2014

Wrong conclusions on bid report, says FIFA investigator

The findings of FIFA’s long awaited ethics report into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups were announced today (Thursday), with the judge’s summary saying there was limited eviden

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31.10.2014

IAAF sees Doha's plans for Athletics City in 2019

The IAAF evaluation commission left Doha on Friday, having completed their inspecti

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07.10.2014

FIFA should publish corruption investigation

Speaking at Securing Sport 2014 in London on Tuesday, Fran

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17.07.2014

Respect cultural differences, Qatar 2022 implores

Qatar is looking forward to welcoming in the world in 2022 but international football fans must return this hospitality by respecting the culture of the host nation, a senior organiser told HOST CI

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29.05.2014

Yaya Toure convinced by Qatar 2022 plans

Manchester City star Yaya Toure got more than the hospital treatment he was visiting Doha for this week.

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20.05.2014

Ground broken for Qatar 2022’s first stadium

Preparations to lay the foundations for Al Wakrah Stadium, the first

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13.05.2014

Qatar World Cup stadiums to be confirmed in 2015

The number of stadiums that will feature in the 2022 World Cup still hangs in the balance and will not be finalised until next year, according to Nasser Al Khater, executive director for marketing

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06.05.2014

Al Wakrah groundwork contract awarded to local firm HBK

The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy has awarded HBK Contracting Company the enabling works contract for

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06.05.2014

Qatar stadium build steps up with major congress

As Qatar’s preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup enter the construc

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