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Qatar to continue bidding for Olympic Games
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar will keep bidding for the summer Olympics, despite having failed to make the cut in the race to host the 2016 and 2020 Games, the country’s Olympic Committee said on Thursday. “We will continue on that path and we will continue to bid,” the Qatar Olympic Committee’s general secretary Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said at the Aspire4Sport business conference. “Every time we bid, we are listening and learning to see how we can make our bid stronger. …

UPDATE 1-Olympics-Qatar to continue bidding for Olympic Games
(Adds background about previous bids) DOHA, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Qatar will keep bidding for the summer Olympics, despite having failed to make the cut in the race to host the 2016 and 2020 Games, the country’s Olympic Committee said on Thursday. “We will continue on that path and we will continue to bid,” the Qatar Olympic Committee’s general secretary Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said at the Aspire4Sport business conference. “Every time we bid, we are listening and learning to see how we can make our bid stronger. …

Former African Footballer of the Year Abega dies aged 58
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Former Cameroon captain Theophile Abega, who captained the Indomitable Lions to their first major title almost three decades ago, died aged 58 on Thursday, the Cameroon Football Federation said. A statement on their website did not give the cause of death but Cameroonian news reports said Abega had suffered cardiac arrest. Abega captained Cameroon to their first African Nations Cup title in 1984, when he scored in a 3-1 win in the final over Nigeria in Abidjan. He was named African Footballer of the Year the same year, a runaway winner in the poll. …

The 112th Canton Fair "Sustaining Global Trade in Difficult Times"
The 112th Canton Fair “Sustaining Global Trade in Difficult Times”

Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Thursday Nov 15
Reuters sports schedule at 1400 on Thursday (times GMT): – - – - MOTOR RACING Formula One, U.S. Grand Prix AUSTIN, Texas – Teams settle in at the Circuit of theAmericas ahead of a grand prix that could see Red Bull’sSebastian Vettel leave with a third straight driver’s crown onSunday unless Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso can keep the outcomeopen to the final race in Brazil. (MOTOR RACING-PRIX/, expect by2300, pix, by Steve Keating, 500 words) – - – - RUGBY We will have all the latest team news ahead of thisweekend’s November internationals. …

Audi Returns as Proud Sponsor and Official Vehicle of the U.S. Ski Team
HERNDON, VA– – Audi extends sponsorship of the U.S. Ski Team for another five years The Audi Ski Challenge will give fans the opportunity to race with the U.S. Ski Team Season kicks off with the first …