Spain and Portugal will undertake ‘an in-depth analysis’ of a possible joint bid. Spain and Portugal will start an analysis of whether to bid for the 2030 World Cup, the countries’ football federations said on Saturday. They did not make any mention of Morocco, who were previously also said to have been involved. “After holding
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With the prospect of the 2022 World Cup now involving 48 teams becoming increasingly likely, Craig Burley thinks it will ‘dilute’ the quality of the tournament. FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants Qatar to have a co-host and will present an expansion proposal at June’s congress in Paris. It has not even been 11 months since
Infantino will continue as FIFA president after running unopposed in 2019, but he has a long list of things to address over the next four years. PARIS — Gianni Infantino will serve another term as president after being reelected by acclamation on Wednesday at the FIFA Congress. He addressed a number of topics, from women’s
Qualifying for the 2022 World Cup begins on June 6, 2019, when minor nations from the Asian confederation play their first round of matches. For the 2018 World Cup, FIFA held a gala for the preliminary round draw of all confederations. However, this will not happen for the 2022 tournament. A FIFA spoksperson told ESPN:
As Roger Milla and Francois Omam-Biyik — two of the architects of Cameroon’s finest footballing hour — each celebrate their birthday this week, ESPN’s Ed Dove remembers the Indomitable Lions of 1990 and their unforgettable World Cup exploits. To date, no side has matched the Central Africans’ performance in Italy, where they reached the quarterfinals
Bruce Arena says the USMNT’s World Cup qualifying failure in 2017 did not factor into his decision to take the head coaching job with New England. ESPN FC’s Jeff Carlisle reports from the FIFA council meeting in Miami, which opened the door for a 48-team World Cup in Qatar in 2022. FIFA has given up
ESPN FC’s Jeff Carlisle reports from the FIFA council meeting in Miami, which opened the door for a 48-team World Cup in Qatar in 2022. Qatar inaugurated the first of seven new 2022 World Cup stadiums on Thursday, just weeks before a crucial FIFA summit will decide whether to expand the tournament and potentially push
FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants Qatar to have a co-host and will present an expansion proposal at June’s congress in Paris. ESPN FC’s Jeff Carlisle reports from the FIFA council meeting in Miami, which opened the door for a 48-team World Cup in Qatar in 2022. The draw for the first phase of Asia’s qualifying
Football great Pele was hospitalised in Paris on Wednesday because of a urinary infection following a meeting with Kylian Mbappe in the French capital, his spokesman said. Pepito Fornos told The Associated Press the three-time World Cup champion will be in hospital for up to two days. “He was a little shaky and they detected
Mexico’s Carlos Vela, Jonathan Dos Santos and Marco Fabian continue to take Major League Soccer by storm. SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Mexico defeated Paraguay 4-2 on Tuesday to make it two victories from Gerardo Martino’s first two games in charge of El Tri, but goalscorer Javier Hernandez isn’t getting carried away. The West Ham striker
Skillzy is a ‘larger-than-life character inspired by freestyling, street and panna culture’. With qualification for the tournament now well and truly underway, UEFA has revealed the official mascot for the 2020 European Championship. Skillzy was unveiled in front of 55,000 fans on the pitch at the Amsterdam Arena ahead of Sunday night’s qualifier between Netherlands
ESPN FC’s Jeff Carlisle reports from the FIFA council meeting in Miami, which opened the door for a 48-team World Cup in Qatar in 2022. With the prospect of the 2022 World Cup now involving 48 teams becoming increasingly likely, Craig Burley thinks it will ‘dilute’ the quality of the tournament. Chile has joined a
Gianni Infantino believes Russia 2018 is the benchmark for Qatar to live up to at the 2022 World Cup. MIAMI — FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced on Friday that it is “feasible” to expand the 2022 World Cup, but that any plans to do so will need to be approved by the FIFA Congress in
Coutinho, right, made 15 appearances for Brazil. Brazilian striker Coutinho, a 1962 World Cup winner who Pele considered his favorite attacking partner at Santos FC, has died. He was 75. Santos announced Coutinho’s death in a statement on Twitter on Monday. The club said he died at home and his funeral will be at Santos’
FIFA president Gianni Infantino will be pushing for an expanded 2022 World Cup, among other things, when the council convenes on Friday. The FIFA Council is the 37-member assembly that replaced the Executive Committee following the election of Gianni Infantino as the president of the game’s governing body back in 2016. It includes representatives from
A FIFA study concluded the 2022 World Cup can expand to 48 teams. A FIFA feasibility study concluded the 2022 World Cup can expand to 48 teams by using at least one of Qatar’s neighbours as an additional host, and found there is a a significant change to the format more than eight years after Qatar
FIFA’s cash reserves soared to a record $2.74 billion. FIFA’s cash reserves soared to a record $2.74 billion and revenue climbed to $6.4bn in the four-year period covering the 2018 World Cup. The financial results suggest FIFA has weathered the deepest crisis in its history, which erupted in 2015 when a United States-led criminal investigation
FIFA is considering Oman and Kuwait as hosts of some matches at the 2022 World Cup if the tournament, to be staged in Qatar, is expanded from 32 to 48 teams, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The World Cup will be expanded from 32 to 48 teams in 2026 but FIFA president Gianni
Chile joined three neighboring South American countries in a bid to host the 2030 soccer World Cup, according to a joint statement from their governments released on Thursday. The bid, which previously included only Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, is up against bids from England, and another bid from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The 2030 World
Gianni Infantino believes Russia 2018 is the benchmark for Qatar to live up to at the 2022 World Cup. FIFA president Gianni Infantino tells Gab Marcotti about his hopes that the 2018 and 2022 World Cups change negative perceptions of Russia and Qatar. Fifa president Sepp Blatter says football’s world governing body needs to restore