The Spain/Portugal 2018 World Cup joint bid has received a huge boost after South America’s Conmebol federation came out in support of their campaign. Eduardo Deluca, Conmebol general secretary, said: “The 10 countries are agreed to give the vote to Spain.” The statement comes just days after Miguel Angel Lopez, the Spain/Portugal chief executive, claimed they [...]

The South Korea 2022 bid team has stated that it does not believe that the recent hostilities between themselves and North Korea will have an impact on their potential hosting of the 2022 World Cup. The bid is dubbed “passion that unites” as South Korea hope to stage numerous matches in North Korea should they [...]

2018 World Cup joint bidders Spain/Portugal and 2022 campaigners have been cleared of allegations that suggested they were going to trade votes in the upcoming process. Both bids denied any wrongdoing despite FIFA holding a full investigation. Nevertheless, they have both been cleared and will be able to participate in the vote on 2nd December. Claudio Sulser, [...]

England’s ailing bid for the 2018 World Cup has been given a much needed boost after FIFA assessed it as a low risk participent ahead of the 2nd December vote. Published earlier this week, the summary is only a small part of the overall report for each country. However, it gives a good indication as to FIFA’s [...]

2018 bidder Spain/Portugal and 2022 hopefuls Qatar have both been warned by FIFA after a note was passed between the two countries at a recent FIFA meeting. The note, which says “we’re going to win”, was uncovered during a period in which the two countries are undergoing investigation for alledged bribery. However, there is no [...]

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has praised South Korea’s relatively quiet 2022 bid claiming that the event could have a positive effect in bringing the divided North and South Koreans together. Korea remains in a state of war with a heavy fortified border. Millions of Koreans have family on either side of the divide with no [...]

FIFA has stated that they will not accept any unethical behaviour in the lead up to the announcement of the 2018 and 2022 hosts in December. The announcement comes shortly after former general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen was filmed appearing to suggest that Spain and Qatar had struck an agreement to sell their votes in the [...]

The leaders of the combined Spain and Portugal World Cup bid have revealed their new campaign logo for 2018 and 2022. Angel Maria Villar and Gilberto Madail, presidents of the Spanish and Portuguese football federations, helped unveil the joint logo from a ceremony and press conference at the headquarters of the Portuguese FA in Lisbon [...]

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has thanked the presidents of the Spanish and Portuguese Football Federations after they presented their joint bid for the 2018 World Cup. Angel Maria Villar and Gilberto Madail outlined their proposal during a 45 minute interview with Blatter at FIFA headquarters in Zurich. Blatter said: “Two countries with a huge football tradition [...]

Portugal have announced that they will only be providing three stadiums if their 2018 World Cup joint bid with Spain is successful. The presidents of the Spanish and Portuguese football associations recently met Sepp Blatter in order to convince him of the merits of this joint campaign. However, Blatter is reported to harbor grave doubts [...]