The emirate's sovereign funds are flexing their muscles and investing in established institutions, from football to high finance, writes Colin Randall, foreign correspondent
Qatar:When Paris Saint-Germain began the French football season full of the expectation that hefty Qatari investment brings, Antoine Kombouaré, the coach, asked to be judged after five games as his team promptly stumbled to defeat on the opening day.
A look at the Ligue 1 table three months later, with PSG in first place unless last night's results produced shocks, vindicates his plea for patience, and also the notion that investment in sport is generally matched, sooner or later, by achievement.
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