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Qatar: Cool sport, hot country
An artist's impression of one of the main 2022 World Cup complexes
The sun-drenched desert state of Qatar is preparing to take the heat out of the 2022 Fifa World Cup, writes the BBC's Kevin Connolly.
Across the sporting world, thoughts are beginning to focus on the London Olympics this summer - and the European Football Championships which come a few weeks before.
But there is one sports-mad country where everyone's eyes are fixed on a slightly more distant horizon.
In the tiny Gulf Emirate of Qatar the countdown to the World Cup finals, which will be held here in 2022, is very much under way. I already have my first piece of "merch" - a rather dashing purple and white bobble hat which is a souvenir from an event that won't take place for another ten years.
Qatar, it's fair to say, is in a state of high excitement.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today...00/9688666.stm
An artist's impression of one of the main 2022 World Cup complexes
The sun-drenched desert state of Qatar is preparing to take the heat out of the 2022 Fifa World Cup, writes the BBC's Kevin Connolly.
Across the sporting world, thoughts are beginning to focus on the London Olympics this summer - and the European Football Championships which come a few weeks before.
But there is one sports-mad country where everyone's eyes are fixed on a slightly more distant horizon.
In the tiny Gulf Emirate of Qatar the countdown to the World Cup finals, which will be held here in 2022, is very much under way. I already have my first piece of "merch" - a rather dashing purple and white bobble hat which is a souvenir from an event that won't take place for another ten years.
Qatar, it's fair to say, is in a state of high excitement.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today...00/9688666.stm