Middle East
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Bahrain’s hopes of staging Formula One action this year appear to have disintegrated after the Gulf state declared a three-month state of emergency on Tuesday.
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Mohamed Bin Hammam is expected to confirm his candidacy for the FIFA presidential elections later this week after announcing that he will hold a press conference in Malaysia on Friday.
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Organisers of the postponed Bahrain Formula One grand prix have been given until May 1 to decide whether or not they will be able to stage the race later in the 2011 calendar.
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Iran has threatened to boycott the London 2012 Olympics after claiming the Games' logo is “racist”.
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Bahrain will not have to forfeit its US$40 million staging fee after calling off the opening Formula One grand prix of the season, according to Bernie Ecclestone.
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The opening Grand Prix of the Formula One season in Bahrain has been called off after a wave of anti-government protests in the country forced Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa to forfeit the hosting rights to the event.
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Formula One's season-opening Grand Prix in Bahrain could be called off due to worrying instability in the country, according to the sport’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
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Bahrain Grand Prix officials have pledged to deliver a safe race next month despite fears from Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone about growing unrest in the country.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has performed an apparent u-turn on an earlier suggestion that he expected the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to take place in the winter.
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Qatar has further enhanced its sports event portfolio after being awarded the men’s 2015 World Handball Championships.
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FIFA has secured its first broadcast partner for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups after extending its existing deal with Al Jazeera Sport.
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Manchester United has again been forced to deny that the club is the subject of a takeover approach from Qatar Holding LLC after the Sunday Times reported that the sovereign wealth fund had held talks about a £1.5 billion deal.
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FIFA has insisted there are “no concrete plans” to stage the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in the winter – a move that would cause huge disruption to the European football calendar.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has asked FIFA to hold talks with the governing body before making any decision on whether to stage the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the winter.
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The 2022 FIFA World Cup should be played across the Arabian Gulf rather than just in Qatar, according to UEFA chief Michel Platini.
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Football Association general secretary Alex Horne warned on Tuesday that moving the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar to the winter would be a “logistical nightmare” and admitted the prospect of staging the tournament in the tiny emirate has left him “in a cold sweat”.
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Samsung Electronics, the official sponsor of the 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar, has launched a tournament-focused mobile application for fans around the world.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has admitted for the first time that he does “expect” the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be staged in the winter.