The livestream has now ended - watch the announcement moment above and catch up in our full story below Saudi Arabia confirmed as hosts for 2034 World Cup FIFA like to make the most of these events, but they've finally confirmed the decision we all knew was coming. Saudi Arabi...
The 2034 FIFA World Cup was guaranteed to unfold in the Asian confederation or the Oceania Football Confederation, but now the location is finally confirmed. After Australia opted to not submit a bid to host the tournament, Saudi Arabia became the sole candidate. Infantino's announcement, therefor...
Following the announcement, Saudi Arabia confirmed its plan to bid for the competition. But Australia has also expressed interest in bidding for that tournament, and successfully co-hosted the Women's World Cup alongside New Zealand earlier this year. It ...
Discover the 15 stadiums set to host the FIFA 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, including King Salman International Stadium in Riyadh.
Released on December 11, 2024, the announcement came as no surprise, given that only one bid was submitted for each of the 2030 and 2034 World Cup tournaments. Spain, Portugal, and Morocco have been confirmed as joint hosts for the 2030 event, while Saudi Arabia has been chosen to host ...
FIFA is urged to “postpone any announcement that the World Cup would go to Saudi Arabia, until migrant workers’ and women’s rights, press freedom, and other human rights are protected.” Human Rights Watch calls for “meaningful” engagement from FIFA with “migrant worker communi...
An event study research methodology is used to investigate the impact of hosting the FIFA World Cup on the stock exchange of the host country, by examining the movement of stock market returns across various event windows during the announcement and tournament starting date stages. It is found ...
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The announcement of Qatar’s successful bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup marked a landmark moment in the country’s history (Abulibdeh 2023, 2024). It ensured an accelerated development in most sectors, including healthcare. A major international sporting event can only be undertaken effecti...
2022 of which cities will host gamesand aninside view of what it was like, SportsTravel has been detailing the saga including an account from those who were there about theFIFA Observer Program during the 2022 World Cup last winter in Qatarahead of the schedule announcement in early February....