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The FIFA Executive Committee has unanimously selected the joint Morocco-Spain-Portugal bid to host the 2030 World Cup since it was the only bid in the race for hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup, converging media sources have reported. A statement from Morocco’s Royal Palace has just confirmed the reports, quoting King Mohammed VI as celebrating […]
Spain’s joint 2030 World Cup bid with Morocco and Portugal is “an exciting project that is close to our hearts,” said Spanish Presidency Minister Félix Bolaños García. “We are working on an exciting project that is also close to our hearts, namely the organization of the World Cup with Portugal and Morocco,” Bolanos said in […]
Spanish and Portuguese Prime Ministers Pedro Sánchez and Antonio Costa have hailed Morocco’s joint bid with Spain and Portugal to host the 2030 World Cup as a “very good message” of collaboration between the two shores of the Mediterranean, and between Europe and Africa. “This bid has a very positive charge and sends a very […]
Saudi Arabia is considering making a joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup along with Egypt and Greece, the kingdom’s Tourism Minister Ahmed Al Khateeb has revealed according to Bloomberg. “We are considering a bid with Greece and Egypt and we wish that it will be a winning bid,” Al Khateeb said in […]
Portugal and Spain Wednesday inked a cooperation deal to submit a joint bid to host FIFA 2030 World Cup, trashing therefore a joint bid with Morocco. The agreement was signed on the sideline of the friendly match between the two countries played at José Alvalade arena, in Lisbon. “Few things can generate more enthusiasm […]
Spain and Portugal issued a statement announcing that they will both start preparations to submit a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup without citing Morocco, which was promised last year a tripartite bid. “After multiple meets in recent weeks, the Spanish and Portuguese football associations confirm that they have started a deep analytical […]
Bids by different countries to host the 2030 World Cup are welcome including the one announced by Morocco, Spain and Portugal, FIFA head Gianni Infantino said. Speaking in Marrakech following a FIFA meeting, Infantino said that there is no impediments in FIFA regulations regarding organizing the world cup by countries from different continental associations. Infantino’s […]
Morocco’s bid to host the 2030 world cup keeps spilling ink. After speculations of a joint North African organization between Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, Moroccan papers are now speaking of underway preparations for an inter-continental bid between the North African Kingdom and its Iberian neighbors. According to Moroccan news outlet Al Yaoum 24, citing unidentified […]
Algeria’s Sports Minister said his country is interested in presenting a joint bid together with Morocco and Tunisia to host the 2030 World Cup. He told Algerian media that such a bid is on the radar without giving further details. Similar statements have been made by the head of Algeria’s football association as Argentina, Uruguay […]