FIFA? The notoriously corrupt soccer football people?

  • elgordino@fedia.io
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    11
    ·
    12 hours ago

    To enable Saudi Arabia to host 2034 the 2030 World Cup was bizarrely spread across Europe (Spain and Portugal), Africa (Morocco) and 3 matches in South America (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay).

    When hosts for a World Cup are selected the confederations for the previous 2 world cups are excluded, thus North America (from 2026), South America, Europe and Africa were all excluded from even applying. Conveniently leaving the door much wider open from Saudi Arabia than it normally would have been.

    • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      11 hours ago

      Maybe Israel can convert Gaza into an Olympic town and football stadium. Free workers too!

      The Olympics were also held in nazi Germany. Both FIFA and the International Olympic Committee do not care about human rights. They only care about money.