The five countries campaigning to win the 2022 World Cup made their final pledge to host the event on Wednesday afternoon. Australia, Qatar, Japan, South Korea and the USA had some famous faces out in force for the presentations that can make such a big difference to the final vote. Former president Bill Clinton was supporting [...]

Qatar’s ambitious bid to host the 2022 World Cup has suffered a setback after FIFA regarded their strategy as high risk just weeks before the hosts are revealed. The hot weather during the summer months in Qatar seems to be the major stumbling point as there is no logical solution to minimise the temperature during [...]

The Japanese football association have decided to withdraw from the race to host the 2018 World Cup although they still plan to campaign for the 2022 tournament. The country join Mexico and Indonesia who also pulled out of the running for the 2018 event earlier in the process. Therefore, only six bids remain with four situated in Europe. [...]

Potential host nation Japan is considering withdrawing from the race to host the 2018 World Cup in order to fully concentrate on their bid for the 2022 tournament. Like other sole 2022 bidders South Korea and Qatar, Japan believe that the 2018 World Cup will be awarded to a country in Europe or else the [...]