Stories / Football
Inclusion vision: how QF is helping to make football accessible to all fans
6 min readThe Translation and Training Center at QF’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University enables blind and partially sighted fans to enjoy football tournaments – including the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ - through audio-descriptive commentary services that are breaking new ground.
QF program to narrate FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ experience through the power of storytelling
3 min readGOALS initiative to highlight football, community, and culture in Qatar in lead up to international sporting competition
FIFA World Cup™ Trophy comes to QF as Aljam’a celebration of students gets under way
2 min readWeek-long festival at Education City is open to the public
Bringing the FIFA World Cup™ to Qatar sees girls interested in football like never before
3 min readFemale QF student footballers believe the sport has become more inclusive over the past decade
FIFA Foundation announces partnerships with Generation Amazing and QF to support FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ legacy
4 min readTwo Memorandums of Understanding signed during ceremony at Doha Forum in Qatar
Cooling technology used in Qatar's World Cup stadiums powered by QF research
7 min readDr. Saud Ghani, the mastermind behind the novel outdoor cooling technology, details its development process and the support he received from QF’s funding entity
QLA teacher wins Education Excellence Award
3 min readKhalaf Al Merekhi encourages students to become passionate about health and fitness
“Coach Jamie taught me how to play football and I love him very much”
3 min readSalem Aleida, who has autism, is proud of his football skills, thanks to QF’s ability friendly program
Qatari student sets sights on working as a referee at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™
4 min readAbdullah Al-Marri narrates his journey into the world of football
QF empowers the community to get active for National Sport Day
4 min readHer Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, accompanied by football icon David Beckham, awards winners of inaugural Women and Girls Football Initiative at Education City Stadium
QF youth serve as Flag Bearers during the FIFA Arab Cup 2021™
3 min readProgram is a collaboration between Wanda Group and Qatar Foundation designed to honor inspiring young people
Connectivity, technology, and football can impact the education of women, 2021 WISE Summit hears
4 min readFemale thought leaders discuss ways to empower and educate girls at global education conference organized by QF initiative
Everyone speaks the language of football, Street Child United CEO says at 2021 WISE Summit
3 min readYoung leaders from Street Child World Cup take the spotlight on final day of global education conference organized by QF member
Volunteers welcome fans to Education City Stadium as FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021™ unfolds
6 min readOpportunity is part of wider volunteering program at Qatar Foundation
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ preparations are the best-ever, FIFA President tells QF’s Education City Speaker Series
One-year countdown discussion explores social, cultural, and economic legacy of the tournament – as QF announces new inclusive sport partnership with FIFA Foundation
QF graduate takes learnings from the classroom to the pitch
Local football player speaks about how his experience at Education City has helped him in his sporting life
20 questions with an author: Matthias Krug
Matthias Krug is an author and journalist in Qatar who writes about football, society, politics, and culture. Here, he provides an exclusive look behind-the-scenes of writing a book and what an author is really thinking about in our new series – 20 questions.
QF inspires fans to be Students of Change at the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020™
Activities around Education City Stadium designed to educate and empower
Narrating Qatar´s fascinating football history has never been more important
Qatar-born sports journalist and author, Matthias Krug, spoke at the The World Cup 2022 Lecture Series held by Qatar Foundation partner university Georgetown University in Qatar, where he chronicled the inside story of the country’s most cherished football and sporting moments and players over the past six decades.
Education City Stadium is a breathing building, says sustainability expert
Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy expert discusses the passive design features of the stadium built at QF’s Education City, and how that contributes to sustainability
American soccer stars visit QF ahead of 2021 U.S.-Qatar Year of Culture launch
Washington Spirit women’s football team inspire young members of QF community and learn about cultural heritage of Qatar and the region
Using art outside the Education City Stadium to depict the vibrancy of Qatar Foundation
Murals outside the venue, painted by artists from VCUarts Qatar, aim to showcase local life and culture to the world in 2022
‘A sportsperson isn’t superhuman’: sporting stars speak about mental health struggles in panel hosted by QF’s WISH
Legends of athletics, football, and cricket speak about how being at the top of their game took its toll
Education City Stadium: A lesson in sustainability
QF expert highlights importance of learning from green buildings
Op-ed: Why the Education City Stadium is built to last
Professor Danyel Reiche, Visiting Associate Professor at Georgetown University in Qatar, on why the World Cup venue in the heart of Qatar Foundation’s environment in knowledge can set a new standard for legacy and longevity.
Education City Stadium to be home to two QF schools
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ venue’s legacy plan will include housing Academyati and Qatar Academy for Science & Technology
Education City Stadium’s completion marked during special programs
Third completed venue for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ is now ready to host matches
Education City Stadium becomes the third officially completed FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ tournament venue
Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy and Qatar Foundation to commemorate milestone digitally
Op-ed: Grasping the once in a lifetime opportunity that is 2022
Author Matthias Krug’s latest book – published by Qatar Foundation’s HBKU Press – reveals Qatar’s vibrant football history, on and off the pitch. And he says this is why the nation will surprise the world as a FIFA World Cup host.
QF to support SC in developing Qatar 2022 visitor experience
Collaboration spans visitor experience, research and environmental projects, and football for development initiatives
Tim Cahill’s giant message for the youth
Australia’s top goal-scorer’s personal experience serves as an inspiration for all youth – whether they play football or not
FIFA legends thrill Generation Amazing at Oxygen Park
SC’s community-based initiative in partnership with QF and FIFA
Future stars of Wanda Group's Chinese Super League club Dalian Professional FC visit Doha for week of football
Match against Aspire Academy kicks off Qatar Foundation tour.
FIFA Club World Cup™ comes to Qatar Foundation
Young participants in QF sporting competitions motivated by arrival of major football trophy
QF and Paris Saint-Germain Academy stage Alumni Cup tournament
Competition held in partnership with one of the world’s top football academies
Inspirational students help to make football accessible for all
Sessions at Doha Learning Days demonstrate how the world is experienced by people with a visual impairment
