Saudi Arabia is in line to host the 2034 World Cup after Australia decides against bidding hours before the deadline.
  • ClimbRunRide@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Fifa:

    1. Award WC2030 to three continents with some dumb reasoning that everyone hates.
    2. Only accept applications from Oceania and Asia for WC2034 with a tight deadline, knowing only SA will apply
    3. no … needed
    4. Profit

    And nobody can claim the awarding was corrupt as they had no other choice than to give it to SA.

    • beticanmakeusayblack@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Fuck Infantino to the moon and back. The man and his pathetic support base are doing everything they can to ruin the greatest sporting tournament in the world. I did not realize I could feel this level of disgust for a football administrator

    • Millonairo@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      So happy that we got rid of Sepp Blatter and there is NO MORE CORRUPTION AND NOBODY IS BEING BRIBED!!

      So happy that FIFA has made such a considerable improvement against corruption

    • AddictedToThisShit@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      They’ve gotten better at it instead just taking a bribe from Germany and trying to influence the vote/rig it or whatever. Now they actually plan it well.

    • Chrisixx@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      A one month deadline to apply for a World Cup, that takes place in 11 years, is fucking absurd.

    • TigerBasket@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I hope every single fifa member gets indicted the second they step foot in the US for 2026. Disgusting organization

      • tojotidakbersalah@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Why would they do that? Does FIFA pose a danger against US interests? If Americans does that, people all over the world will hate them even more.

    • tipytopmain@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’m still holding out hope that Japan and S.Korea can get a joint bid together. But who are we kidding, FIFA want that oil money more than anything. If they could scrap the rules and just have the middle east become a permanent host of the competition every time they would.

  • mmaqp66@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    This will be like when I played FM until the year 2050… I didn’t even care to do it anymore because I no longer recognized any players and their achievements seemed minimal compared to the monsters of today and before.

  • ChicoCorrales@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    It will be a very fun World Cup similar to Qatar because of how close all the stadiums will be next to each other. Also having the World Cup around the holidays wasn’t such a bad idea.

  • AzureMane94@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Oceania is by far the only continent to not have hosted the WC. Australia and New Zealand would be fine.

    But of course FIFA would say their arenas aren’t big enough and some other crap. I know they’re an organisation that has to make profit but with FIFA it seems the focus is solely on money and very little on actual football.

    Also, why couldn’t WC 2030 be entirely in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay and then have Spain, Portugal and Morocco in 2034?

    • KaitoAJ@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Australia hosted the Women’s World Cup perfecting find. Any excuses that came out of FIFA is just pure bullshit at this point.