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...The league is hoping a series of high-profile tournaments in coming years, including the Copa America and culminating in the World Cup, will continue to boost the sport....
...The story about the kiss, now heard around the world, ruined a great tournament and leaves a bitter taste for all the fans who made this tournament the most watched World Cup in female soccer history....
...The agenda included the item: “4.7: Bidding processes and hosting of the Fifa World Cup.” Other matters, such as the 2025 Beach Soccer World Cup in the Seychelles, would be discussed first....
...The All Blacks and the Springboks are vying to win the Webb Ellis Cup for a record fourth time. Moreover, the tournament arguably peaked in the quarterfinals....
...This was a record-breaking World Cup; a step-up on the 2019 contest in France. By any metric it was a successful tournament, including financially, generating over $570mn in revenue....
...The 2019 Women’s World Cup was a wake-up call to the money-making potential of women’s football. More than 1.1bn viewers tuned in to the tournament....
...Then on Sunday, Africa Cup of Nations hosts Ivory Coast will get their shot at glory when they take on Nigeria in the tournament final. Can the ‘Zombies’ go all the way?...
...Major League Soccer, which began play in 1996, is still not yet in the black....
...The kiss — the grotesque climax of the women’s World Cup, the best-attended female football tournament ever — symbolises the sexist domination of the women’s game way beyond Spain....
...The bid comes as the US is due to co-host the World Cup in 2026 alongside Mexico and Canada, a tournament that Fifa, world football’s governing body, expects to bring in revenue of more than $10bn....
...So it turned out once again for the Rio de Janeiro club now owned by serial soccer investor John Textor, after its dreams of a first national championship in nearly three decades were dashed....
...Afghanistan’s historic victories over England and arch-rivals Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup in India have cemented the team’s status as the underdog success story of the tournament, cheering fans in...
...MultiChoice, Africa’s largest pay-TV company, struck a last-minute deal to broadcast the Africa Cup of Nations....
...April 18 to 21; further information and tickets here Sport Beach Polo World Cup, Miami Beach Hooves pound the golden sands of Miami Beach for this international beachside polo tournament....
...The tournament has generated a lot of buzz down under, but in the big media markets of Europe and the US, there has been some grumbling about time zone, which you can read more about here....
...How has the business around women’s sports and women’s soccer in particular changed over the last several years?...
...Messi to Major League Soccer in Miami — that one could almost be forgiven for forgetting there’s a Champions League Final this weekend....
...Fifa also agreed to a new format for the 2026 World Cup. It was already due to be the first plus-sized tournament, with 48 teams competing — up from 32 previously....
...all my tournaments....
...European football bosses are bullish about the opportunity there — some even believe soccer could be bigger than baseball in a decade’s time. A smaller group of top clubs went east....
...Speaking of change, it looks like soccer football is finally cutting through in the United States, where millions of fans are tuning into the World Cup....
...The domestic battles over the World Cup took an international turn at the weekend when the US Soccer Federation briefly displayed Iran’s national green, white and red flag on social media without the emblem...
...Fifa had previously threatened a blackout of the tournament in Europe’s big five markets after receiving what it called “disappointing” bids....
...In a piece exploring football ethics, Simon Kuper remembers a man who loved soccer and campaigned hard for human rights. RIP Grant. What legacy will the World Cup leave in Qatar?...
...All one needs is a globally popular sport and an international competition to host the tournaments....
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