Echorouk spearheads media campaign to rally support for Qatar's bid for 2022 football World Cup
Qatar 2022, bidding to host the first ever FIFA World Cup in the Middle East, unveiled its vision to unite the Arab and Muslim world and drive better understanding of the region globally through the world's biggest sports event.
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To this effect, the newspaper “Echorouk” has decided to launch a large-scale media campaign aimed at securing the maximum support for Qatar’s bid for 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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In this line, “Echorouk” calls on all media and sports figures in the Arab and Muslim world and in the world at large to firmly uphold Qatar’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup football competition in order to turn the dreams of all the Qataris and the entire peoples of the Arab and Muslim nations into reality.
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Describing Qatar as “like a true sportsman”, His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, President of Qatar 2022, said: “Qatar is a land of action and not just promises. It’s what makes us the ideal partner to help FIFA establish with certainty that football, and its virtues, is a tool with which a better future can be built.
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With the world’s fastest-growing economy, highest per capita GDP and experience as host of the 2006 Asian Games as well as the impending 2011 AFC Asian Cup, Qatar plans to host the most state-of-the-art, financially robust and hospitable FIFA World Cup in history.
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Hassan Al-Thawadi, CEO of Qatar 2022, said: “We are immensely proud to unveil the Qatar 2022 brand, which can become a symbol for hope, understanding and inspiration in the Middle-East and around the world. Football transcends cultural barriers; in every sense, it is the world game.
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“We are serious about winning the right to host the FIFA World Cup in the Arab world for the first time. We are offering FIFA an incredible event, with a tremendous football legacy, but also a legacy for humanity.
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Several countries are already bidding to host the World cup as far out as 2022, and Qatar has submitted their bid, which includes a slew of solar powered stadiums as well as significant upgrades to their public transportation network.
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Eleven countries submitted bids for the 21st and 22nd World Cup, and the Qatar bid is the first ever from a Middle Eastern and Muslim country. If they win the bid, Qatar would build three brand new green stadiums and update two existing ones in order to host the games.
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