Investors have been looking at the US Federal Reserve to learn more about interest rate cuts
“We are offering FIFA a historic opportunity to expand the frontiers of the World Cup. Football has a date with history,” Sheikh Mohammad bin Hamad al-Thani said in his final pitch to the 22 strong executive committee of world football’s governing body.
Hamad al-Thani, the chairman of Qatar’s bid, led a polished and multilingual final presentation ahead of the body’s vote on Thursday, with noticeably the youngest bidding team in the race to host the world’s biggest crowd puller.
Qatar represented “the voice of millions of fans across the Middle East who share passion for fooball,” he added, promising to harness huge growth in the region’s young population, as well as its time zone in between east and west.
“The commercial opportunities open to the global football family are massive,” said Hassan al-Thawadi, the 2022 bid’s chief executive.
Qatar estimates that it stands at the middle of a television market of up to 3.2 billion television viewers in Europe, Africa and Asia.
The Qataris sought to counter FIFA’s key concerns, about security, the heat and the legacy of more than a dozen new stadiums in the small Gulf nation, in a presentation that nonethless lacked star power.
“Qatar is a reliable partner, Qatar is constant and Qatar is responsible, said Hamad al-Thani, who added that it would show “a new face of the Middle East and... dialogue between peoples.”
The bid committee outlined projects for cooled and modular stadiums that would be dismantled and transferred to developing countries afterwards, playing to world football chiefs stated quest for “legacy” with each major event.
“From Doha to Damascus, the hope for a generation of youth will be shown not to be an elusive dream,” concluded Moza bint Nasser Al Missned, chair of the Qatar Foundation for education and community development, and the wife of the Emir of Qatar.
Qatar’s rivals for the organisation of the 2022 event are Australia, Japan, South Korea and the United States.
Investors have been looking at the US Federal Reserve to learn more about interest rate cuts
The institute will have various courses tailored for healthcare professionals and conduct mass training sessions accommodating up to 100 attendees
One firm told to pay Dh30,000 for not complying with the regulations
Most residents could expect a fair to partly cloudy day ahead
The farm is based on complete automation, minimising human intervention
Medical tourism, golden visa, attractive remuneration encourages growing interest in nursing careers
Ministry offers tips to stay safe from bites and potential diseases as it reveals use of drones and sensors to curb mosquito spread
The two teams took one point each, confirming a top-two finish for table-toppers Kolkata