shreyas you are lucky that you are living in a football mad country full of passion for the game bidding for the world cup, in other countries you will have to stand in a longer queue..... errrrrr not really, in any other country, you will get it free in your home :)
Welcome to the greatest football fans in the world, fully deserving of hosting the world cup 2022, QATAR :)
Its strange isn't it? I was hoping there would be more excitement about the WC since Qatar is also bidding for the 2022 edition.
I read an article in the newspaper that talked about dwindling football jersey sales.
Also, when I went to buy the Al-Jazeera sports card from a shop in Villaggio, I was disappointed to see that there was just one salesman who had to tackle a huge crowd of people waiting to buy a card. I was hoping there would be more shops selling these cards, and if there ARE more shops, there is no way to find out where these are (other than the help from fellow QL members).
After standing in the queue, and finally buying this card, guess what? It doesn't work :(
wow thats awesome WK....I'm from New Zealand and we are huge Rugby fans, not really football, but in my city in Wellington they had a couple of fan zones set up down at the water front, huge screens, bars food and the atmosphere was fantastic....it really does blow me away here that qatar are bidding yet they are doing next to nothing to showcase this wonderful game....now if they can't get there act together to construct some amazing fan zones, what hope do they have in hosting a WC!
Raven during last world cup I was in a city called Kolkata in India, There were dozens of places with giant screens with some cinema halls showing the games as well. Not to mention all the bars with big screens. That was passion and it was in India where we are not supposed to be bothered about Football :)
shreyas, hey thanks for that, but as WK said how big is it? I would have though a big area down by the Khalifa Stadium with brais and drinks (non-alcoholic) and big screens and seating all over the place, now that would be showing your passion for football...I really find it bizarre that a country with somuch wealth, and is bidding for the WC hasn't arranged anything decent for the public...
shreyas I went to watch the Champions League final once in Souq Wakif, how many people can get in that small place where they show it with projectors, 40, 50 well maybe 60 people. Cool. Perfect, let's all go there.
I saw some banners yesterday by the roadside, and they ARE organizing fan zones and a big screen experience. Its at Souq Waqif for the entire duration of the WC
I would have hoped that Qatar with its bid for WC2022 would set some fan zones around town with big screens up, food and snacks...but alas Qatar misses the boat yet again!! And the media tell us how passionate Qatar is about football...YEAH RIGHT!!!
Court Cafe near Jaidah is an excellent spot,I watched champions league from there.. WHotel,Marriot Hotel are other two good places i found cool to watch club matches..I heard they are showing matches in Villagio Imax in 3D(not sure)..For worldcup,most of the hotels and coffeess will be showing the matches..
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you can also watch it at Villaggio cinemas...
http://www.timeoutdoha.com/sportandoutdoor/features/15991-world-cup-spots
nice pun, whyteknight....."upset on the cards"
was it intentional?
South Africa have SCOREDDDDD, an upset on the cards?
this might help - http://gulfnews.com/sport/football/technical-issues-mar-broadcast-of-world-cup-opening-match-1.639874
grrrrrrr lol
http://www.footyfire.com/ working fine here :-)
working fine here but not clear
http://www.footyfire is not working for me :| any help please
http://twitter.com/#search?q=al%20jazeera
Seems its a massive fail all around :(
All I can say is...
lol tcom no, watching it on ESPN, apna desi tata sky helping, 40 Rs per month gets me ESPN. 3 QR per month :P
http://www.footyfire.com/
This is working fine :-)
lol WK liar
Just to tease you guys, it is working fine for me :P
To think we paid for this....
Same here... what the heck.
the telecast keeps going off for me, it says 'no signal' sad :(
The world cup fever has started from today..Below is the link of a song sung by SHAKIRA for WC 2010..Feel the mania !!!!
well done shreyas, enjoy the games! A good month ahead now!
ok, i got through the helpline and they activated it for me now
give the call center a ring mate!
not working yet, raven :(
shreyas your card should be working now, mine wasn't working yesterday either but is now working fine, they must have activated from today onwards....
shreyas you are lucky that you are living in a football mad country full of passion for the game bidding for the world cup, in other countries you will have to stand in a longer queue..... errrrrr not really, in any other country, you will get it free in your home :)
Welcome to the greatest football fans in the world, fully deserving of hosting the world cup 2022, QATAR :)
Its strange isn't it? I was hoping there would be more excitement about the WC since Qatar is also bidding for the 2022 edition.
I read an article in the newspaper that talked about dwindling football jersey sales.
Also, when I went to buy the Al-Jazeera sports card from a shop in Villaggio, I was disappointed to see that there was just one salesman who had to tackle a huge crowd of people waiting to buy a card. I was hoping there would be more shops selling these cards, and if there ARE more shops, there is no way to find out where these are (other than the help from fellow QL members).
After standing in the queue, and finally buying this card, guess what? It doesn't work :(
Massive FAIL
the fan zone at Souq Waqif looks alright...
any good idea about where to watch th world cup games ?
wow thats awesome WK....I'm from New Zealand and we are huge Rugby fans, not really football, but in my city in Wellington they had a couple of fan zones set up down at the water front, huge screens, bars food and the atmosphere was fantastic....it really does blow me away here that qatar are bidding yet they are doing next to nothing to showcase this wonderful game....now if they can't get there act together to construct some amazing fan zones, what hope do they have in hosting a WC!
Raven during last world cup I was in a city called Kolkata in India, There were dozens of places with giant screens with some cinema halls showing the games as well. Not to mention all the bars with big screens. That was passion and it was in India where we are not supposed to be bothered about Football :)
shreyas, hey thanks for that, but as WK said how big is it? I would have though a big area down by the Khalifa Stadium with brais and drinks (non-alcoholic) and big screens and seating all over the place, now that would be showing your passion for football...I really find it bizarre that a country with somuch wealth, and is bidding for the WC hasn't arranged anything decent for the public...
shreyas I went to watch the Champions League final once in Souq Wakif, how many people can get in that small place where they show it with projectors, 40, 50 well maybe 60 people. Cool. Perfect, let's all go there.
Hey Raven1968,
I saw some banners yesterday by the roadside, and they ARE organizing fan zones and a big screen experience. Its at Souq Waqif for the entire duration of the WC
I would have hoped that Qatar with its bid for WC2022 would set some fan zones around town with big screens up, food and snacks...but alas Qatar misses the boat yet again!! And the media tell us how passionate Qatar is about football...YEAH RIGHT!!!
any new ideas about the place where to watch the world cup games ?
Sure Saadm80..See you there,I would be watching some matches in there...
mercury_fin court cafe is near to my house... i'll surely hope on there..... hope to see you.
we'll see you at the opening game! ;o)
hahaha well said WK....
soccer what's that?
There is a Football world cup next month though, you can watch that.
Court Cafe near Jaidah is an excellent spot,I watched champions league from there.. WHotel,Marriot Hotel are other two good places i found cool to watch club matches..I heard they are showing matches in Villagio Imax in 3D(not sure)..For worldcup,most of the hotels and coffeess will be showing the matches..
watch the games at Marriot Hotel. They will have a big tent with big screen especially made for the world cup games.. see you there..
watch tv at 10.30 evening , dubai sport
I mean.. NBA....
today at al gharrafa stadium , a match for filippinos team , u can enjoy , they r good players
I want to watch a basketball game...