RTL Today – Qatar robo-jockey camel races hope to draw World Cup crowd

Sitting in a white all-terrain truck, Nasser al-Marri watched his remote-controlled camel race across the Qatar desert and insisted that his sport makes football pale in comparison.

But with Qatar bracing for the arrival of more than one million fans for the World Cup, the camel race track at Al-Shahaniya hopes to get a boost on the back of the world’s most popular pastime.

“Camels are a part of us — they’re our greatest passion,” said the…