FIFA president Gianni Infantino has announced the United States and the United Kingdom as the sole bidders for the 2031 2035 FIFA Women's Women's World Cup, Afrosport reports. Infantino told officials the world football governing body received one expression of interest to host the 2031 edition from the United States with the possibility of other countries in the CONCACAF region joining the project, most likely Mexico....
Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and former UEFA President Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Tuesday, Afrosport reports. The pair were cleared of fraud at a hearing at the Extraordinary Appeals Chamber of the Swiss Criminal Court in Muttenz. The hearing came two-and-a-half years after they were first acquitted of the offences at a lower court, but federal prosecutors...
Egypt has requested the right to host some group stage matches during the 2034 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Saudi Arabia, the Egyptian Football Association president Hany Abou Rida revealed on Wednesday. “Saudi Arabia will stand up and organise a historic edition of the World Cup, and we wish our Saudi brothers every success,” said Abo Rida during the 14th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo. “But...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Wednesday confirmed that the 2026 World Cup final will include a halftime show for the first time in history, Afrosport reports. The Mundial, which is to be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, will have its final at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on 19 July 2026. “I can confirm the first-ever half-time show at a FIFA World...
World football governing body, FIFA, on Wednesday confirmed Morocco, Portugal and Spain as joint hosts of the 2030 World Cup, while Saudi Arabia has been selected to host the 2034 World Cup, Afrosport reports. All 211 FIFA Member Associations were virtually present at an Extraordinary FIFA Congress to appoint the host nations of the two Mundial. An agreement was, however, reached that three centenary celebration matches...
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