ABSTRACT The oil-rich nation-states of the Arabian Peninsula are investing large sums in the development of an international sports industry for the region. In an effort to field its own national sports teams for this industry, Qatar, who will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, has relied upon the practice of naturalizing foreign athletes. It is not a new practice, but Qatar’s wholesale use of the practice amounts to annexing its national sports teams and seems to miss the point of a national team. Certainly, the practice raises questions about the nature of a distinctively national sports team. As I take up some of these questions, my discussion leads to the larger question of international sport as a conversation on the differentiation of national identities. The practice of annexing national sports teams, therefore, raises questions both about nationalism and internationalism.

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现代体育中的民族认同剧院

摘要阿拉伯半岛石油资源丰富的国家正在为该地区的国际体育产业的发展投入大量资金。为了组建自己的国家体育团队来参加这个行业，卡塔尔将主办2022年FIFA世界杯，该比赛采用了将外国运动员归化的做法。这不是一个新做法，但卡塔尔对该做法的批发使用等于吞并了国家运动队，似乎错过了国家队的意义。当然，这种做法引起了人们对一支独特的国家运动队性质的质疑。当我处理其中的一些问题时，我的讨论引出了更大的国际体育问题，即关于民族身份差异的对话。因此，吞并国家运动队的做法是