{"id":494531,"date":"2025-07-22T10:59:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=494531"},"modified":"2025-07-22T10:59:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:59:48","slug":"qatar-enters-race-to-host-2036-olympic-and-paralympic-games","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/qatar-enters-race-to-host-2036-olympic-and-paralympic-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar enters race to host 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Qatar has officially entered discussions with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) regarding the bidding process to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) confirmed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Gulf nation, which has rapidly emerged as a global hub for major sporting events, is the latest to express formal interest in staging the 2036 Games. Confirmed bids have already come from Indonesia, Turkey, India, and Chile, while other potential candidates include Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Egypt, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Canada.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">His Excellency the Prime Minister: Qatar\u2019s bid to host the 2036 Olympics reflects its Stature on the International Sports Stage.<\/p>\n<p>Press Release:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K26NvY8GNZ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/K26NvY8GNZ<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DOHA2036?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DOHA2036<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OLYMPICS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#OLYMPICS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7tY6qtH0QY\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/7tY6qtH0QY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Team Qatar \ud83c\uddf6\ud83c\udde6 (@qatar_olympic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qatar_olympic\/status\/1947577410532077830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>QOC President Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al-Thani emphasized the country\u2019s readiness and long-term commitment.<br \/>\n\u201cWe currently have 95% of the required sports infrastructure in place to host the Games, and we have a comprehensive national plan to ensure 100% readiness of all facilities,\u201d he told Qatar News Agency. \u201cThis plan is rooted in a long-term vision aimed at building a socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Qatar\u2019s capital, Doha, is already set to host the Asian Games in 2030, a return to the stage it first graced in 2006. The country has also proven its capabilities through hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2024 AFC Asian Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Should Qatar\u2019s bid succeed, it would become the first country in the Middle East to host the Olympic Games \u2014 marking another milestone in the region\u2019s expanding footprint in global sport. Saudi Arabia, for example, is already set to host the FIFA World Cup in 2034.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qatar has officially entered discussions with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) regarding the bidding process to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":494532,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[26085,17668,19980],"news_category":[20292,16715],"gn_keywords":[26088,26086,20044,19981,26087],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"The country could write history as the first Middle Eastern host of Olympic Games","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/494531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/494531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":494533,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/494531\/revisions\/494533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494531"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=494531"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=494531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}