Qatar Confirms 2036 Olympic Bid in Potential First for Mideast
The field for the Olympic and Paralympic Games is likely to be competitive, with Istanbul, the Indian city of Ahmedabad, Nusantara in Indonesia and Chile's capital of Chile all bidding too.
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