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The practice of organised sports in Qatar originated in the 1940's. S The first club ever established in Qatar was called "Itihad Al-Arab" and was established in 1948 in Dukhan on the West Coast of Qatar. In 1950, "Al-Ahli", the first club was created in Doha. Between 1950 and 1980, many clubs were established in Doha as follows: Al-Wakrah (1959) and Al-Taawon (1961) were established outside of Doha in the cities of Wakrah and Al-Khor respectively. Through the times, some clubs disappeared and some other amalgamated to form the present existing clubs. Most of the clubs evolved from football clubs in the beginning into multi-sports clubs offering a variety of sports to their members.
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ports in Qatar was first introduced by the early Oil company workers. These workers, mainly Europeans and Asians, used to practise sports such as football, cricket, tennis, golf, etc.. Some of the Qatari workers started playing with the expatriates and soon football became very popular amongst them. Gradually, the Qatari started to form football teams in their own residential areas (furjan) and started competitions amongst themselves. Gradually, the football teams were transformed into more professional multi-sports clubs.
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