author: danyel reiche

Qatar and the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Politics, Controversy, Change

... World Cup would severely disrupt the international sporting calendar (cf. The Guardian, 3 November 2014a; The ... FIFA's decision to move the 2022 World Cup to winter after the governing body trebled its payments to clubs for the 2018 ...

Routledge Handbook of Sport in the Middle East

... Legacy and the Organisation of Sports Mega-Events Many researchers have been interested in clarifying the importance of sport ... sport event legacy in an optimal ... international tournaments that have highlighted Qatar on the Gulf, Arab and ...

Success and Failure of Countries at the Olympic Games

... China has won most of its Olympic medals in less popular sports. An example for China's Olympic success in a niche sport is women's weightlifting. Whereas men's weightlifting belonged to the first Olympic program in 1896 (and has been ...

Sport, Politics and Society In the Middle East

... Education City Student Demographics 2014–15', The Daily Q, 31 January 2015, www.thedailyq.org/4436/features/education-city-student-demographics-2014–15/, last accessed 23 January 2019. 'Amna', interview with the author, Doha, December ...

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