Aspire Dome will host the 2018 World Championships in October. (A good month in so far as weather is concerned.) It’s the largest indoor sport centre in the world, currently being expanded another 40%. I toured it the other day.
I’m confident Qatar will do a super job. Despite having a population of only about 2 million, the Federation is very organized, very well funded. The venue is fantastic.
The Aspire Zone Foundation, also known as Doha Sports City is a 250-hectare (2.5 square kilometers) sporting complex located in … Doha, Qatar. It was established as an international sports destination in 2003 and in the following year an educational centre for the development of sporting champions (Aspire Academy) was opened. The complex contains several sporting venues, mostly constructed in preparation for the 2006 Asian Games. …
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Aspire Academy is a sports academy based in Qatar, founded in 2004 with the goal to scout and help develop the young male Qatari athletes, whilst also providing them with secondary school education. …
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Newspapers are keen to print horror stories. For example – Modern-day slavery in focus + Qatar. The goal is to sell papers not provide any kind of balanced reporting.
Foreign workers with temporary residence status make up almost 90% of the population. I doubt many of those would take you up on an offer of a free airline ticket home.
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