UPDATE: Doha fails to make Olympic shortlist
By shabina921 •
Doha will not be the host of the 2020 Olympics, the International Olympic Committee has announced.
Per analyst predictions, the IOC has decided to cut Doha and Baku before it enters the final decision-making phase, officials announced in a press conference held Wednesday evening (early Thursday morning for us) in Quebec City.
That means Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul will vie for hosting rights until the IOC announces its final decision in September 2013.
Read more here: http://dohanews.co/post/23633904580/doha-baku-fail-to-make-2020-olympic-...
Better luck next time inshaALLAH
Air Conditioned Stadia, Yeah Right.
We can have Air-Conditioned Stadiums. Problem Solved.
now the FIFA MAY hold the world cup in winter, but SUMMER olympics ...
can u imagine attendance numbers in stadium in summer, with 6 or 7 competitions running at the same time in different venues of 40k + seats each?
a strong proof that money can't buy everything...
Brit I guess you are being sarcastic..
If not well :-0
Its obviously a conspiracy against a nation trying to enter the world stage..
Apart from not having Aspire, Spain's economy is near collapse, Japan is still counting the cost of the Quake and Turkey is .... well Turkey. The only choice was Doha :O)
what RANT means?
is more amazing than Qatar! I just hope you live longer to such attitude!
and Flor starts on his fav rants again!!!
these people will say the same bad thing about this country! Pathetic views!
Qatar has to show the World, how they could manage with 2022 Football World Cup; then they would have a better chance till then WAIT & WATCH
its really a bad news..... :(
Guess many folks must be gutted, personally though I never thought they stood a chance.
Is anyone really surprised?
With the current infrastructure that Qatar has I still can't believe they got the world cup, which is normally hosted in 4 or so different Cities each 5 or 10 times the size of Doha. And the Olympics is even more complicated, with all the different venues etc. How would they do the Marathon for instance? Air condition 26 miles of road?
After the Salt Lake City scandal, the I.O.C made changes to make it very difficult to bribe officials into voting... Unlike Fifa who are ridiculously corrupt!
no bueno...
its not the end of the world for QATAR , maybe not yet coming but i know QATAR will win for the coming olympic games ...gogogogo QATAR ...I LOVE THIS COUNTRY ...
It's ok for Qatar to take the world cup 2022. But really normal to lose the olymbic guys.Simply because they will say Qatar took two big ones World cup and Olymbic games too. This my openion.
got an extra 2 years...
I am still intrigued by the slow pace of work for WC2022....
Raven.. and they'll have more money by 2024 :P
atleast all the expats in Qatar is gonna be partying hard !! ALL THE EXPATS:D
only if they bribe the IOC Capt Lost
Awww! There goes my opportunity to visit Qatar for the Olympics... hope Qatar gets it the for the next bid - "Games of the XXXIII Olympiad" in 2024 - very nice symmetrical ring to it! :0)
Good point, Radius.
yeah, so what they'll get 2024 Olympics :P
I am Sad. So many oportunities were lost (to make money)
Ohhh, Sorry for Qatar, May be next time!!
opppssss..
thats not good for expats..
wow good news
That was due to technical reason, bidding for olympic is not just about money, which Qatar is over qualified but it should consider also internal structures such as those horizontal & vertical infrastructure projects, untill now still under construction. 2020 is only 8 yrs from now & nobody knows that this become 100% when the time come.
.. and in good ol' Gulf tradition, Qatar should now fire all the expatriates who worked their a.s.s. off and failed!
They would have studied the World Cup issue very well.
goes to show the IOC can't be bought off this time, pity about FIFA.
Money did not work this time?!!
I wonder why that happened?
Awww thats too bad :(