Doha, Qatar joins bidding for 2016 games

bedir than average · 10-28-2007, 01:49 PM

Joining Chicago, Rio, Madrid, Prague, Tokyo and Baku in attempting to host the 2016 games.

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"Hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Doha in 2016 would bring the Olympic flame to the Arabic-speaking world for the very first time and extend the Olympic ideals to millions of new hearts and minds," Hassan said in a statement during the ceremony.
Our vision for the Games will be focused on the world's youth. It is among the young people of this region and the rest of the world that we must nourish these core values of respect, tolerance, understanding and hope, and through these ideals offer them an opportunity to effect great and positive changes to the world that they will inherit."

Al Jazeera English - Sport - Doha 2016 Bid Brings Wind Of Change
Doha 2016

bedir than average · 10-28-2007, 01:54 PM

wow, their chairman is blogging

Doha 2016

bedir than average · 06-07-2008, 06:53 PM

Al Jazeera English - Sport - Final Four Named For 2016 Games

Doha doesn't make the final cut.

The final four are Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Jeneiro, Tokyo

10-28-2007, 01:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
bedir than average Administrator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Starbucks Posts: 8,256	wow, their chairman is blogging Doha 2016 __________________ US Men's National Team World Cup Qualifying \| Democracy in Sports Meets My First Campaign "You're only so sure you're right because they're so sure you're wrong." Orson Scott Card in Xenocide

06-07-2008, 06:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
bedir than average Administrator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Starbucks Posts: 8,256	Al Jazeera English - Sport - Final Four Named For 2016 Games Doha doesn't make the final cut. The final four are Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Jeneiro, Tokyo __________________ US Men's National Team World Cup Qualifying \| Democracy in Sports Meets My First Campaign "You're only so sure you're right because they're so sure you're wrong." Orson Scott Card in Xenocide