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WEBSeptember 25 – Match week 5 of the Premier League season saw West Ham United cement themselves as %capacity kings with a season-high score of 99.95%. Almost a full house watched as the Hammers were tamed by their London rivals Chelsea, with Blues star Nicholas Jackson netting twice to seal their 0-3 fate. Read more ….
FIFA unveils the 12 host stadiums for expanded Club World Cup …
WEB4 hours ago — September 30 – FIFA has named the 12 stadiums in the US that will host matches at the expanded 32-team Club World Cup 2025. The final will be played at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium which will also host the 2026 World Cup final. The tournament will serve as a dry-run for FIFA’s organising capabilities in the US. FIFA is not working with a local organising committee for the 2025 CWC or the ...
With 2-year countdown to 2026 World Cup ... - Inside World Football
WEBJune 11 – The two year countdown to the 2026 World Cup kick-off at the Estadio Azteca Mexico City on June 11 has begun, with FIFA president Gianni Infantino continuing his ‘greatest’ theme saying the finals would be “the greatest event, the greatest show, the greatest tournament”. Qatar 2022 was the ‘greatest ever’ World Cup according to Infantino, and that followed his previous ...
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WEBSep 10, 2024 — Villar niece killed in Mexico as kidnapping goes tragically wrong. September 21 – A niece of Angel Maria Villar, one of world football’s most high-ranking officials who ran UEFA temporarily in the absence of Michel Platini, has tragically been found dead close to the Mexican city of Toluca after being held to ransom.
FIFA scrutineers complete first round of World Cup 2026 bid city ...
WEBSeptember 24 – FIFA has completed its first round of visits to 2026 World Cup host city candidates, with inspections of Boston, Nashville, Atlanta, Orlando, Washington DC, Baltimore, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia and Miami. FIFA vice-president and Concacaf president Victor Montagliani led the world federation’s delegation. In a statement FIFA said that “during every visit, the FIFA ...
Analysis: Are 104 games the way forward for the 2026 FIFA World …
WEBMar 14, 2023 — March 13 – This week in Kigali, Rwanda, in and around its Congress, FIFA will discuss proposals to change the opening group stages of the 2026 World Cup from three to four teams. Mario Guajardo and Alex Krumer, business and economics professors at universities in Norway are specialists in studying …
World Cup 2026 will be a game changer. Edmonton wants to be …
WEBDec 23, 2021 — By Paul Nicholson December 22 – Talk of a biennial World Cup has overshadowed some of the crucial decision making to be made around the 2026 World Cup, and event that in itself will be groundbreaking, both for FIFA and football. It will be the first FIFA World Cup to be co-hosted by three countries – US, Mexico and Canada – and the first finals to be played by 48 teams.
Performance Archives - Inside World Football
WEB2 days ago — July 26 – The CIES Football Observatory has endorsed a recent European Club Association (ECA) study revealing that only a small percentage of footballers endure extensive minutes each season, throwing a more detailed light on the physical demands placed on top-tier players in the face of a growing international calendar.
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WEB3 days ago — New format CWC, renamed as Intercontinental Cup, kicks off with Al Ain win. September 23 – When FIFA announced the expansion of the Club World Cup, causing a widespread backlash from elite players and their unions over potential burnout, it slipped many peoples’ minds that a totally separate competition with a …
Infantino defends 2030 and 2034 World Cup decisions as ‘the best …
WEBDecember 15 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has defended the 2030 and 2034 World Cup bidding processes as “the best FIFA can do for football, covering the entire world in only eight years”. A bidding process for a World Cup usually takes years, but FIFA and Infantino awarded the 2030 and 2034 World Cups, subject to confirmation by the Congress next year, in the blink of an eye, and ...
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