Tuesday 7 December 2010

FT.com / Comment - Qatar faces long road to 2022 in media glare

“Today we celebrate, but tomorrow, the work begins,” Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al-Thani, the chairman of Qatar’s bid team, said as thousands of his countrymen danced in Doha’s packed streets.

In that one short sentence Sheikh Mohammed succinctly caught the mood after Fifa, football’s global governing body, shocked many by awarding his nation the right to host the 2022 World Cup.

The celebrations went on through the weekend as cables of congratulations arrived in Doha from across the globe.

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