After Successfully Hosting FIFA WC and Showing Interest in NBA, Qatar Trying to Enter $9 Billion Worth Industry

Against all odds, Qatar pulled it off. They invested billions and created a tournament that was full of action. Everyone was skeptical of their ability to pull off a tournament like the FIFA World Cup. Qatar pulled the tournament off better than expected. The matches were clean; the production was flawless and apart from a few stories here and there, there were hardly any big stories of Qatar messing up. Although Qatar invested more than 200 billion USD in hosting the tournament. They had to build the infrastructure up from the scratch. However, the country is now eyeing for investing more in soccer.

Qatar faced backlash from activists all around the world even back when they announced Qatar winning the hosting rights. Many artists denied performing for FIFA in Qatar, citing the Human rights violations in the country. Columbian pop star Shakira was among those artists. However, the sports department of Qatar is now aiming to leave the past behind.

Qatar is investing in European soccer

According to the reports by CBS Journalist Ben Jacobs, Qatar is ramping up investments in the European club. According to reports, Qatar has reached the talking stage with the Club Tottenham Hotspur. Ben Jacobs reported that Nasser Al-Khelaifi met with Daniel Levy to explore the chance they can have to deal with each other.

Ben Jacobs took to Twitter to report about the meeting that took place in London yesterday. This is just the begging, in the coming time, they will meet more clubs to explore the best option to invest in soccer. Qatar Sports Investment already holds shares with Braga and if reports are true, one more European club. They are also keeping a keen eye on the South American region.

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Qatar has enjoyed the limelight in the past few months as it hosted the FIFA World Cup. The country has decided to Cash on the hype. The country has decided to move on from the bad press they got during the tournament.

When Qatari security heckled a journalist during FIFA WC

This incident is very recent, it happened just before the kick-off of the world cup. A Dutch journalist was covering a report in a public square in Doha. While covering and being on air, the local security interrupted him.

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They stopped the journalist from covering the story. Not only did they stop him from covering the story, one of the security members threatened to break the camera. However, the management of the country was quick to apologize.