Fifa World Cup

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The IMG agency has begun selling centralised international broadcast rights to the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup following a recent agreement struck with w…
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The European Club Association has expressed its “grave concern and alarm” at Fifa’s proposal to make the World Cup a biennial event and believes the plans would have a “direct and destructive” impact on…
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Uefa, football’s European governing body, has outlined four “real dangers” associated with the proposal by Fifa to make the World Cup a biennial event, hitting out at the world governing body’s “promot…
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Retired Brazilian star finished his playing career for local MLS club
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Viacom18 has stepped up its presence in the Indian sports media marketplace with the acquisition of broadcast rights to the 2022 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament, plus the hiring of senior…
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The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has joined the opposition to Fifa’s plan to transform the World Cup into a biennial event, despite admitting it was previously in favour of the idea.
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Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin has warned that European and South American nations may boycott any move by Fifa to push forward with switching the World Cup to a biennial hosting model.
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World governing soccer body Fifa has announced it will visit nine United States-based candidate host cities for the 2026 World Cup from September 15-23, starting in Boston and concluding in Miami
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The World Leagues Forum has become the latest football body to hit out at Fifa’s plans to transform the World Cup into a biennial competition, stating the tournament shouldn’t become a “commonplace event…
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Fifa sponsor Qatar Airways has teamed up with the global governing body's hospitality provider Match Hospitality to offer flight seat bookings for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar
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The Josoor Institute was established in 2013 as the educational arm of Qatar’s World Cup 2022 organising committee, with a goal of securing a long-term dividend from that event by significantly boosting the country’s capacity to host major events. SportBusiness spoke with major stakeholders to discuss how it is working to secure that legacy, and their ambitions for Josoor’s future.
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German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball has continued expanding its portfolio with the addition of African qualifying matches for the 2022 Fifa World Cup
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Chinese short-video platform Kwai has expanded its relationship with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) as the new sponsor of the Brazilian women's and men's teams, under a contract valid until…
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Uefa and Europe's top football clubs are set to oppose a plan by Fifa to run the World Cup every two years, according to news reports
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Portuguese pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has acquired exclusive media rights for at least 60 African qualifying matches for the 2022 Fifa World Cup, with a focus on the PALOP (Portuguese-speaking…
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The football federations of Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka have come out in support of Fifa, world football's governing body, holding the men's and women's World Cups every two years rather…
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The African Union of Broadcasting, the body of free-to-air broadcasters, has secured a deal with Fifa for free-to-air rights to qualifying matches for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in 17 countries in sub-Saharan…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The Asian Football Confederation has agreed a sponsorship deal with Vietnamese instant coffee brand PhinDeli for the Fifa 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian qualifiers