FIFA Men's World Cup 2034 to be hosted in Saudi

[klang]

I can't decide whether the Saudi rulers or FIFA are the bigger tossers

There is plenty of tosserism for everyone.

 

[The39thStep]

Predictable and depressing

 

[Lotte]

They should start a bit smaller, maybe with the women's World Cup.

Women's football is starting to take off there, but for obvious reasons I hope they never get the WWC.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

They've already hosted a major women's tennis tournament. Issue there of both women doing stuff in public with heads and legs showing and the number of openly gay female tennis players. But it still happened. The players themselves are kept in a bubble, special rules apply. Bit like making the West Indian rebel cricketers 'honorary whites' in apartheid South Africa.

They're throwing so much money at sport atm that nobody is saying no.

 

[Boo Radley75]

The fan zones can make up for the lack of booze by having some warm up entertainment of pre match public beheading.

 

[A380]

Glad that I don’t like soccer ball.

 

[stavros]

Glad that I don’t like soccer ball.

It's not limited to football. MBS's ambitions are sky-high, and he's already got golf, snooker and I think F1.

 

[The39thStep]

Give it five years and the Eurovision will be held there

 

[Lord Camomile]

The country is the sole bidder for the tournament

 

[Steel Icarus]

It's not limited to football. MBS's ambitions are sky-high, and he's already got golf, snooker and I think F1.

Boxing, too

 

[klang]

That I found weird too...

 

[PR1Berske]

Confirmed today.

From the Guardian

Fifa has set the seal on one of the most controversial decisions in its tumultuous history by confirming that Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 World Cup.

In a decision that Amnesty International has said “will put many lives at risk” and which has drawn opprobrium from NGOs, trade unions and legal and governance experts, as well as supporters, the Gulf state will stage the 48-team tournament in 15 stadiums across five cities, most likely in winter.


The news has been anticipated for more than a year, since Fifa expedited its bidding process leaving Saudi as the sole bidder for 2034. It was confirmed on Wednesday in a bizarre virtual congress of Fifa’s 211 members, a meeting plagued by technical difficulties and with its key decisions taken not by vote but by acclamation, a collective clapping of hands on a wall of video screens.

Also confirmed was the destination of the 2030 World Cup, which will be hosted by Morocco, Spain and Portugal, with three “centenary celebration matches” in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay to launch the tournament.

The president of Fifa, Gianni Infantino, said that the process of deciding hosts without a vote had “shown unity” in the football community. “In a divided world you have shown unity, you have shown that we are part of a global community,” he said. “We are not all equal, we know that, but we are learning to live with our differences and to respect each other.

 

[Silas Loom]

I suppose it would have been a bit much to hope for the FA to dissent, two days after Starmer was in Saudi closing deals for BAE.

 

[belboid]

That I found weird too...

It’s because of the fix for the previous two. As they’re both multicontinental, Europe, both Americas and Africa were ruled out. Leaving Oceania and Asia. Didn’t take much bribery for no other Asian nation to nominate themselves, so…

 

[stavros]

I didn't boycott Russia or Qatar - do I boycott this one?

 

[hash tag]

It was always on the cards. Sadly the deed is now done.

Saudi Arabla

Are the Saudi's preparing for a bid to host the world cup?F irst they buy Newcastle United, then Ronaldo, next Messi. Is this all part of a plan? Speak out now before it's too late...

www.urban75.net

editor 2 threads for merging ( it's not just about the world cup, footie alone, it's so much more than that ).

 

[editor]

Merged

 

[ska invita]

I didn't boycott Russia or Qatar - do I boycott this one?

the next one in the USA? yeah something to think about...a new low