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You wait years for a tournament to be awarded to a host country and then 11 come at once. Swiftly following news that the UK and Ireland’s infrastructural expertise will be tested by hosting Euro 2028 came the announcement that the 2030 World Cup will be shared between six countries and across three continents. The Net Zero World Cup, if you will. A 12th host country will be soon incoming if the inescapable hum around Saudi Arabia staging 2034 is anything to go by. Australia, having co-hosted a flamin’ highly successful Women’s World Cup, were given just 25 days to give good PowerPoint for an event 11 years off. The Saudi bid is already in. “Hosting a Fifa World Cup in 2034 would help us achieve our dream of becoming a leading nation in world sport,” roared Saudi minister of sport Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal.
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