The Qatar World Cup is now just weeks away and more than a million visitors are expected to travel to the tournament.To welcome the fans an exhibition all about football has opened in one of the world's largest sports museums.
Meanwhile, on the streets of Doha, outdoor sculptures give an artistic backdrop to the sporting contest.The 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum showcases a wide variety of sports memorabilia – from Muhammad Ali’s fight-worn boxing gloves to racing legend Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari.
And with the FIFA World Cup in mind, it has opened a new exhibition: ‘World of Football’.The exhibits are presented in two parts to represent a game played in two halves.
It starts by examining the global appeal of the beautiful game, from the streets to the stadium."In the first half we’ve got the origins," says World of Football exhibition curator Andrew Pearce. "We’ve got the 'Who plays?', we’ve got the laws, we’ve also got some stories about some of the greatest players in the game as well, including some of their shirts, which is pretty exciting.