Fifa World Cup

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Four Asian Football Confederation qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup are to go ahead next month, in spite of the majority of the qualifying matches having been postponed until June.
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The Asian Football Confederation qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup have been postponed until June and are set to be played in a centralised format, according to a report by Reuters
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Doha-based banking group QNB Group has been named as an ‘Official Middle East and Africa Supporter’ and the ‘Official Qatari Bank’ of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Und
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Fifa is targeting record revenue from the sale of official hospitality packages for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup after the process launched on a global basis.
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World governing soccer body Fifa has announced it now plans to select the host cities for the 2026 World Cup by the end of the year
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World football’s governing body Fifa has launched a pair of invitations to tender for broadcast rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the the 2022 and 2023 instalments of its men’s and women’s World Cups, respe…
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Brazilian media group Globo is reported to have arranged to meet a delegation from world football’s governing body Fifa to clear the air between the two parties after their relationship has become strained i…
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Fifa, world football’s governing body, has launched concurrent invitation-to-tender processes in Italy for both the men’s and women’s iterations of its World Cup tournaments. T
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Sport was caught in the crossfire of the four-year feud between Qatar and Saudi Arabia that ended with an agreement between the Middle Eastern rivals this month. The peace deal raises intriguing prospects for cooperation and joint projects.
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The easing of the diplomatic rift between Qatar and Saudi Arabia was welcomed by Fifa president Gianni Infantino and may reopen talks about an expanded and more lucrative 48-team World Cup in the Middle…
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Finnish public-service broadcaster YLE and commercial and pay-television broadcaster MTV3 have acquired rights in the Nordic country to the 2026 Fifa World Cup
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TV4 Media, the Telia-owned broadcasting company that operates Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4, and Swedish public-service broadcaster SVT have acquired rights to the 2026 Fifa World Cup
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Danish government-owned broadcaster TV2 and public-service broadcaster DR have added to their recent high-profile rights acquisitions in a deal to show the 2026 Fifa World Cup
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Chinese streaming platform China Mobile Migu will carry live and on-demand coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Fifa World Cup, under a deal with state broadcaster…
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Uefa has invited the Qatar national team to compete in the European qualifying campaign for the 2022 Fifa World Cup, which will take place in the Gulf nation
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Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2, and public-service broadcaster NRK, have continued their cooperation in the football rights market by agreeing a deal for the 2026 Fifa World Cup
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The CAA Eleven agency has set a December deadline for broadcast rights in Belgium for Uefa national team rights in the 2022-28 cycle, SportBusiness understands.
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Fifa, football’s global governing body, has confirmed plans for an Arab Cup tournament, which will feature 22 national teams from the region and take place in Qatar in December 2021 ahead of the country’s sta…