After months of anticipation and years of preparation, we finally have our 16 host cities and venues for the 2026 World Cup, which will be hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. The major takeaways: 11 U.S. cities were selected from the candidate pool, with three cities in Mexi...
By Michael Place MOSCOW, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The United States, Canada and Mexico will jointly host the 2026 football World Cup after beating out a rival bid from Morocco in a vote of FIFA delegates here on Wednesday. Representatives from 200 member federations cast a vote during the annual...
Bids from North America and Morocco to host the 2026 World Cup have passed an inspection of their facilities and infrastructure, global soccer body FIFA said on Friday. The joint US, Canada and Mexico bid was given an overall score of 4 out of 5 by a five-man FIFA task force, while Mo...
MOSCOW, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Canada, Mexico and the United States won their joint bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup at the 68th FIFA Congress here on Wednesday. This is the first World Cup to be hosted in three countries and the first since 2002 to be held in multiple nations. Th...
In football news, FIFA unveiled the timetable of its delayed bidding process for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday with president Gianni Infantino's plans for a 40-team tournament to be decided upon by October and a final decision on the hosts to be made in May 2020. Football's world ...
On Wednesday, 13 June, the FIFA Congress will determine whether to award the right to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup to one of the two candidates. In the event that the 68th FIFA Congress decides not to choose either of the candidates, FIFA will then l...
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The FIFA Congress will pick from a winnowed field of two candidates to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup at its meeting in Bangkok this week. May 16, 2024 FIFA sets date for first Women’s Club World Cup. Tournament due to launch in January 2026 FIFA has finally set a date for the...
Infantino declined to be drawn into whether the fact that Los Angeles was hosting the brand launch meant that it would host the 2026 World Cup final. "Of course Los Angeles is an important city, is one of the 16 [host] cities," he said. ...
Being Orlando one of the cities hosting the FIFA World Cup games in 2026, is a stunning achievement for the city, the State of Florida and for all those who are bent on the region’s economic growth. President Donald Trump celebrated in his Twitter account the decision. The total economic...