FIFA president Sepp Blatter confirmed that only Asian countries will not be allowed to bid for the 2026 World Cup. The United States is expected to submit a bidin a campaign that will conclude with the selection of the host at the 2017 FIFA Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Only two weeks earlier, Blatter had […]
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Can Jordan's Prince Ali Really Dethrone Blatter?
That’s the question on the lips of many the day before FIFA’s Congress votes for the next president of soccer’s world governing body for the next four years. To besure, Prince Ali bin al Hussein’s chances of overtaking incumbent Sepp Blatter’s bid for an unprecedented fifth consecutive term as FIFA president have certainly improved inthe […]
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FIFA's Indictments: More Deja Vu?
Off The Post couldn’t help but be overcome by déjà vu after waking up to news of In a nutshell, here’s what happened: nine current and former soccer officialsfrom North, Central and South America and the Caribbean were indicted by U.S. authorities alongside six sports marketing executives for alleged racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering, […]
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How Sepp Blatter Stays in Power
Off The Post has finally had a chance to view Jeremy Schaap’s ESPNE:60 documentary on FIFA and its president, Sepp Blatter. For anyone who’s ever wondered just who the hell the most powerful man in soccer — not to mention sports — is, and how hekeeps that power, it’s highly recommended viewing. Among other things, […]
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Who's to Blame for Brazil's White Elephants?
Though its national soccer teamseems to have recovered from the humiliating exit suffered last summer from its own World Cup, Brazil has seen its GDP growth all but slow to a standstill in the past year. And by several accounts, the world’s seventh-largesteconomy looks to be headed back into recession in 2015. Since politics and […]
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World Cup on ESPN garners six Sports Emmy nominations
ESPN received six Sports Emmy Award nominations for its coverage of the 2014 World Cup from Brazil, including one in the Live Special category for the Germany-Argentina final in Rio de Janeiro. Andres Cantor (Telemundo), who won an Emmy last year in the first-ever Spanish-language categories, was nominated again for Outstanding On-Air SportsPersonality in Spanish. […]
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FIFA Confirms Dec 18, 2022 World Cup Final
FIFA’s executive committee on Thursday decided that the 2022 World Cup final would be held on Dec. 18. Incidentally, this is the same date as Qatar’s National Day, for which the Middle Easterncountry celebrates its independence. The 2022 World Cup will be played in the winter to avoid the intense heat of June and July, […]
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World Cup watching: the new Thanksgiving activity
American soccer fans should get ready to watch the World Cup along with eating turkey on Thanksgiving and follow the tournament all the way through the pre-Christmas season as FIFA announced that the2022 World Cup in Qatar will begin Nov. 21 and end with the final Dec. 18. The 2022 World Cup will be a […]
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What They're Saying: Univision's Juan Carlos Rodriguez
“If the rights are already fixed, there’s little incentive to FIFA to award 2026 to the U.S.” — Juan Carlos Rodriguez, thepresident of sports for Univision Communications, on FIFA’s decision to award the 2026 World Cup rights to 2018 and 2022 rights-holders Fox Sports and Telemundo without opening the 2026 rights up forbid, which Rodriguez […]
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MLS could be heavily impacted by 2022 World Cup shift
The 2022 World Cup scheduled to be played in Qatar will be played in the late fall. That’s the recommendation of the FIFA Task Force that examined the thorny issue of moving the World Cup fromJune-July to November-December because of the oppressive summer heat. European clubs are demanding to be compensated for the disruption of […]