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Review Reading 3: World Cup Blog

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World Cup Blog

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Qatar to Host 2022 Soccer World Cup

The tiny Middle Eastern nation of Qatar has
a soccer team, but it has never played in
soccer's greatest tournament, the World Cup.
5 However, something amazing will happen in
2022, when Qatar will become the first nation
in the Middle East to host the men's Soccer
World Cup games.
Some fans were confused about this choice. Where will the athletes
10 compete? Qatar doesn't have any stadiums built yet. Also, the weather
in Qatar gets extremely hot in the summer. However, Qatar has plans to
fix those problems. The country has announced plans to build enough
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stadiums for the tournament. o keep everyone cool, each stadium
will have solar-powered air-conditioning. Qatar is also building a new airport and train
15 system. Because the stadiums will be so close together and connected by train, fans
will be able to watch two games in one day.
Qatar has big plans for its new stadiums. Game officials say that after the World Cup,
they will take the stadiums down. The stadiums will
be taken apart and sent to countries that don't have

20 enough money to build their own stadiums.
Qatar is very happy to be the first Middle Eastern
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nation to host the tournament. As the country's
Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa AI-Thani said to the
World Cup organization, "Thank you for believing in

25 change .... Thank you for giving Qatar a chance."

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