Qatar

Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sports footwear and apparel brand New Balance has signed as the kit supplier for leading Qatar Stars League football club Al Sadd SC in a three-year deal, from 2022-23 to 2024-25
Cricket
Events

The Asia Cup will return later this year after a four-year absence, the Asian Cricket Council has announced. The tournament will be staged in Sri Lanka from August 27 to September 11
Football
Events

The Asian Football Confederation has announced the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup, the premier club football competitions in Asia, will revert to an autumn-spring calendar from the 2023-24 season
Padel
Events

The International Padel Federation (FIP) has today (Thursday) revealed the first details of its new official tour, with Doha to host the opening category one event and a deal with a “major new international b…
Football
Events

Qatari officials are reported to be “considering” allowing the sale of alcohol in stadiums at the 2022 Fifa World Cup amid pressure from Fifa and its official beer sponsor Anheuser-Busch.
Aquatic Sports
Events

Fina, the global governing body of aquatic sports, has today (Tuesday) confirmed that Fukuoka’s staging of its World Championships has been postponed to next year due to Covid-19, with Doha’s 2023 Wor…
Football
Events

Fifa has launched the first phase of the application process for tickets to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, including a low-cost category for Qatari residents
Golf
Events

The DP World Tour, golf's recently rebranded European Tour, has announced the postponement of next month’s Qatar Masters due to ongoing restrictions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. The $1.5
Mixed Martial Arts
Finance & Law

Asian mixed martial arts promotion ONE Championship announced on December 22 it had closed a $150m (€132m) funding round, securing backing from new investors including Qatar Investment Authority and G…
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired rights to national team football tournament the 2021 Fifa Arab Cup in 24 countries across the Middle East and North Africa
Padel
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired exclusive rights to the postponed 2020 World Padel Championship across 37 territories spanning the Middle East and North Africa, Asia-Pacific and…
Football
Events

The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, organising body for Qatar’s staging of the 2022 Fifa World Cup, has appointed French hospitality giant Accor to aid its accommodation needs for the staging o…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Qatar Football Association has signed up food delivery company Talabat as a sponsor
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Arab world social media platform Baaz and sports news website Winwin have signed as regional supporters for the Middle East and Africa at this year’s Fifa Arab Cup in Qatar.
Football
Events

Fifa, football’s global governing body, is considering postponing its Club World Cup until 2022 amid ongoing challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Motorsport
Events

Formula 1 has today (Thursday) agreed a deal for Qatar to take up the free slot on its 2021 calendar as part of a long-term race deal that will take effect from 2023
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Fifa sponsor Qatar Airways has teamed up with the global governing body's hospitality provider Match Hospitality to offer flight seat bookings for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar
Football
Education

The Josoor Institute was established in 2013 as the educational arm of Qatar’s World Cup 2022 organising committee, with a goal of securing a long-term dividend from that event by significantly boosting the country’s capacity to host major events. SportBusiness spoke with major stakeholders to discuss how it is working to secure that legacy, and their ambitions for Josoor’s future.