Tag: Doha
This Just Has To Stop
The international sportswriters’ association, which goes by the acronym AIPS, held its two-day executive committee meeting this week in Doha, Qatar. The meeting’s guest...
Moustafa Re-elected International Handball Federation President With 90% Of Vote
Egypt's Hassan Moustafa has been re-elected unopposed as President of the International Handball Federation (IHF) at its Congress in Doha, extending his reign as the...
Alan Hubbard: Sport Needs to Stop Blowing Hot and Cold Over Where It Holds...
Back in 1968, just before the start of the Olympic Games in searingly hot, uncomfortably high altitude Mexico City, the late Chris Brasher sounded...
Straight Talk about Qatar
They held a track meet Friday on a typically warm and balmy evening in Doha, the opening Diamond League event of the 2013 season....
How NBC ended Qatar’s Olympic bid for the 2020 Summer Games
So the Summer Olympics are nothing more than just a TV show that would have trouble competing with other sports, entertainment and politics if...
IOC Sidesteps Political Issues for 2020 Olympic Games
(Editor’s Note. The selection of Olympic host cities has become a very controversial process over the past 15 years. Ethnic and nationalist concerns, economic...
