Facsimile copies of the Athletic News Football Annuals for 1887-88 to 1900-01 and 1915-16 to 1918-19, were produced by the Association of Football Statisticians during the 1980s. [5] Details [ edit ] Football Australia withdrew from the 2034 bidding process on Monday night, clearing the way for Saudi, where daytime temperatures in Jeddah in June and July reach the high 30 Celsius. Although no final decisions have been made, and the official vote is not until next year’s Fifa Congress, there is no barrier to the second Middle Eastern World Cup finals in four editions of the tournament. The launch of the lucrative LIV Golf series in 2022 led to the PGA Tour and DP World Tour agreeing to merge with PIF in June after a year of disruption, with PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan appointed chair of the unified men's game. Like the 2022 men's tournament, the 2034 edition would almost certainly be held in winter because of extreme heat in the summer, although modernising existing infrastructure rather than building new stadiums would likely make it more environmentally friendly than Qatar. Fifa said it will "conduct a targeted dialogue with bidders, to ensure complete, comprehensive bids are received and evaluated against the minimum hosting requirements as also previously approved by the Fifa Council.

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Fifa had accelerated the bidding process for 2034, to the surprise of many of its members, this month. It effectively meant interested nations had to make major commitments immediately on bidding for a World Cup that is still 11 years away.The book has incorporated a number of illustrations for many years, and since 1948 these have regularly included team photos of a few of the previous season's most successful sides. Since 1985 the annual has also included very brief obituaries ('The Final Whistle') for selected former players and officials dying within the previous twelve months. [3] Qatar's hosting of the 2022 World Cup drew criticism because of its stance on same-sex relationships, its human rights record and its treatment of migrant workers. This dialogue will focus on the defined priority areas of the event vision and key metrics, infrastructure, services, commercial, and sustainability and human rights."

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Football Australia chief executive James Johnson said bidding for the World Cup was "not going to be favourable to Australia". Football's world governing body Fifa had said the 2034 World Cup would be held in Asia or Oceania, and an Australian bid was regarded as the only potential challenger to Saudi Arabia, which announced its intention to bid shortly after Fifa's decision. He said: "Saudi is a strong bid. They have a lot of resources, and not just [for] the 2034 World Cup. Despite receiving support from the Asian Football Confederation, Saudi Arabia would likely be viewed as a controversial host. Australia's governing body Football Australia says it intends to focus its efforts on hosting the Women's Asian Cup in 2026 and the Club World Cup in 2029.

The speed at which Fifa has appeased key allies in federations across the globe to put Saudi in the box seat for 2034 has taken the football world by surprise, not least Australia. The country that missed out to Qatar for the 2022 finals, in the crooked Fifa vote of 2010, was told this month that interested nations had just 25 days to declare an interest. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) completed a takeover of Newcastle United in 2021, and manager Eddie Howe said: "Our trips out there to Riyadh and Jeddah were two very different experiences. Saudi Arabia's international standing was severely damaged by the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a US-based Saudi journalist who was a prominent critic of the government.

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They are disrupting European football, paying greater amounts of dollars – or pounds in your case. This is a disruption in the market and that is what positions Saudi in a strong way. From the government top down they are prioritising investment in football. That is difficult to compete with.” Boxing world title fights have also been held in Saudi Arabia. Britain's Anthony Joshua, who beat Andy Ruiz in Riyadh in 2019, said he was "here for boxing" before losing to Oleksandr Usyk in Jeddah last year. Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal, Saudi Arabia's sports minister, said the bid "constitutes an important and natural step in our journey as a country passionate about football".He also said hosting tournament would be offer an "open invitation to the world to experience our rich football culture". WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury attracted criticism for praising Saudi officials external-link and Bin Salman before his victory over former UFC fighter Francis Ngannou in Riyadh last weekend. A second winter World Cup looms after the last obstacle to Saudi Arabia hosting the 2034 tournament was removed – putting Fifa at odds with European football’s most powerful national associations once more. A winter World Cup will, once again, require the pausing of domestic league seasons before Christmas, and the extension of those seasons into the summer.

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As we live in an increasingly divided and aggressive world, we show once again that football, the leading global sport, unites like nothing else." After Tuesday's deadline passed, football's world governing body confirmed the bids for the 2030 and 2034 World Cups and said there will now be "thorough bidding and evaluation processes" for the tournaments. Morocco, Portugal and Spain are the only bidders for the 2030 edition, with games also played in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Saudi Arabian Football Federation president Yasser Al Misehal said: "Driven by a huge passion for the game by our young nation, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation is fully committed to meeting and exceeding the bid's requirements."Some of the worst damage has been reported in Finistère, in the far north-west, where gusts of 128mph were recorded at Pointe-du-Raz. The local prefect has barred all traffic from the roads apart from emergency services and other essential transport. Transport Minister Clément Beaune says a lorry driver was killed when a tree fell on his vehicle in the Aisne region, much further inland.