Qatar

Football
Events

Fifa, football’s global governing body, is considering postponing its Club World Cup until 2022 amid ongoing challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Motorsport
Events

Formula 1 has today (Thursday) agreed a deal for Qatar to take up the free slot on its 2021 calendar as part of a long-term race deal that will take effect from 2023
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Fifa sponsor Qatar Airways has teamed up with the global governing body's hospitality provider Match Hospitality to offer flight seat bookings for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar
Football
Education

The Josoor Institute was established in 2013 as the educational arm of Qatar’s World Cup 2022 organising committee, with a goal of securing a long-term dividend from that event by significantly boosting the country’s capacity to host major events. SportBusiness spoke with major stakeholders to discuss how it is working to secure that legacy, and their ambitions for Josoor’s future.
Swimming
Events

Fina, the global governing body for aquatic sports, has confirmed the final calendar for the 2021 Swimming World Cup, with four legs to be held throughout October in Europe and the Middle East
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has confirmed its chairman, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, and other officials have been the subject of “malicious hacks and threats”.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Chinese technology company Hisense has extended its association with the Fifa World Cup, signing on as an official sponsor of next year’s edition of the national team football tournament in Qatar.
Football
Events

Australia and Qatar have pulled out of this summer's rescheduled Copa América as the tournament clashes with rescheduled AFC World Cup 2022 and Asian Cup 2023 qualifying dates, Conmebol has announced.
Football
Events

Fifa is targeting record revenue from the sale of official hospitality packages for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup after the process launched on a global basis.
Football
Events

SportBusiness delves into the bid books of the contenders to host the 2027 Asian Cup to examine the thinking and the plans behind each entry. Tom King reports.
Football
Governance

Sport was caught in the crossfire of the four-year feud between Qatar and Saudi Arabia that ended with an agreement between the Middle Eastern rivals this month. The peace deal raises intriguing prospects for cooperation and joint projects.
Events

The race to host the 2030 Asian Games has ended in a double award, with the two competing cities – the Qatari capital of Doha and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – set to stage the 2030 and 2034 editions respectively.
Events

The president of the Olympic Council of Asia, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, is urging against a vote to decide the host for the 2030 Asian Games and hopes to persuade one of the two candidate cities,…
Football
Events

Qatar and Saudi Arabia are engaged in two bidding contests to host Asian continental sports events, one concluding tomorrow and one just getting underway
Baseball
Events

Amazon is expected by some sports media rights industry experts to follow up its bid for New Zealand Cricket rights in India with bids for bigger properties such as the Indian Premier League
Football
Events

Uefa has invited the Qatar national team to compete in the European qualifying campaign for the 2022 Fifa World Cup, which will take place in the Gulf nation
Football
Events

Fifa, football’s global governing body, has confirmed plans for an Arab Cup tournament, which will feature 22 national teams from the region and take place in Qatar in December 2021 ahead of the country’s sta…
Football
Events

The 2020 edition of football’s Fifa Club World Cup in Qatar has been moved from December to the start of February next year.