Olympics: Qatar to bid for 2024 Games

DOHA: Qatar will bid to host the 2024 summer Olympics, despite having failed to make the cut for the 2016 and 2020 editions of the event, Qatar Olympic Committee’s General Secretary Saoud bin Abdulrahmanal Thani said yesterday. “We have tried it twice, and we will continue. It’s not something we will give up, it’s part of our vision to make Qatar a centre for sport,” said Saoud. “We are also in the process of bidding for some other championships, which we will announce at a later date.” Qatar had proposed holding the 2020 Olympics in October to avoid the Gulf Arab state’s searing summer heat but were snubbed by the International Olympic Committee. The Arab country will also host the Fifa World Cup  in 2022.

Published in The Express Tribune, 25^th, 2012.