In Qatar's Bid for Soccer Respect, Big Bankroll and Imported Talent

New York TimesIn Qatar's Bid for Soccer Respect, Big Bankroll and Imported TalentNew York TimesDOHA, Qatar — A little more than a decade ago, Andreas Bleicher, then a director of one of Germany's Olympic training centers, arrived in the tiny gulf nation of Qatar, wooed there by its royal family to help turn the hopeless national soccer program ...