MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Tag: FIFA World Cup
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Saturday, September 29th 2018 - 08:58 UTC
British government ready to support a joint bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup
The British government says it would back a joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup in the UK and Ireland. The football associations of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland are considering putting forward a proposal to stage the tournament.
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Sunday, July 1st 2018 - 15:34 UTC
Uruguay sends CR7’s Portugal home by 2-1
Uruguay has passed this Saturday to the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia after beating Portugal 2-1.
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Saturday, June 30th 2018 - 15:39 UTC
Maradona: “I'm more alive than ever”; offers a reward on the origin of fake news about his death
Argentina's former football star Diego Maradona has issued a bounty worth 300,000 pesos (US$10,800 / £8,300) to find the journalist responsible for reporting fake news regarding his death, according to Infobae.
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Wednesday, June 27th 2018 - 09:06 UTC
A gallant Nigeria almost KO Maradona in St Petersburg
Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona may have gotten a little too excited during a FIFA World Cup match on Tuesday. The 57-year-old collapsed after his home country won 2 to 1 against Nigeria in St. Petersburg, Russia, according to a video posted by the Spanish-language newspaper La Nación.
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Monday, June 1st 2015 - 07:06 UTC
South American relief: FIFA leaves allocation of World Cup slots unchanged
Good news for South America: FIFA will not make any changes to the allocation of World Cup slots among the six continents for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments in Russia and Qatar, president Sepp Blatter said during the first meeting of the new Executive Committee in Zurich.
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Friday, February 13th 2015 - 14:01 UTC
FIFA awards 2026 World Cup rights to FOX without a bidding process
The 2026 World Cup will be shown on FOX in the United States. The world soccer body awarded the rights on Thursday to Fox without a bidding process. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
