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With the government partnerships – not to mention a potential Asian co-host – requiring a much greater timespan, Football Australia bowed to the inevitable on Monday and declared itself out of the running. This was despite the huge success of its women’s World Cup this year, held in the northern hemisphere summer period. Australia will now concentrate on landing the Asian Football Confederation Women’s Asian Cup in 2026 and the newly expanded men’s Fifa Club World Cup in 2029. South Asians in Football 31/10/23 12:05pm Derby County's Rai: Together we have changed English football Human rights campaigners say sport is being used by the Saudi government to detract from long-standing reputation issues, a process known as 'sportswashing'. Qatar 2022 was switched to a winter World Cup finals in 2014, almost four years after it was awarded the hosting of the tournament. Saudi has a much richer football pedigree – the Saudi team beat eventual winners Argentina in the first game of the 2022 tournament – although most critically it would now appear to be a key ally of Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president. 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.
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Despite receiving support from the Asian Football Confederation, Saudi Arabia would likely be viewed as a controversial host. Johnson said: “We went into the process in 2010 [for the 2022 World Cup finals] and got one vote, as I am sure you remember. We don’t want to end up in a situation like that again. We have to be realistic: Saudi is a strong bid. They have a lot of resources, and not just the 2034 World Cup [bidding project]. 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. Infantino ensured a clear run for the Asian confederation – and, by extension, Saudi – at 2034 by structuring the 2030 finals across three confederations – Europe, Africa and South America. The Fifa Club World Cup will be staged in Jeddah in December. The first of the expanded formats will be in the United States in 2025. It has been criticised for its human rights violations - 81 men were executed on one day last year - women's rights abuses, the criminalisation of homosexuality, the restriction of free speech and the war in Yemen.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.
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They are disrupting European football paying higher dollars. 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." Another sporting milestone for Saudi Arabia? He also said hosting tournament would be offer an "open invitation to the world to experience our rich football culture". Lionel Messi won a record eighth Ballon d’Or award, surpassing Erling Haaland to top the 30-player listSaudi 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."
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He said: "Saudi is a strong bid. They have a lot of resources, and not just [for] the 2034 World Cup. Morocco, Portugal and Spain are the only bidders for the 2030 edition, with games also played in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Ballon d’Or 2023: an unexpected chapter in the eternal dispute between Lionel Messi and Cristiano RonaldoIt said: "Human rights commitments must be agreed with potential hosts before final decisions on holding the tournaments are made. Fifa president Gianni Infantino (centre) is flanked by Prince Abdul Aziz bin Turki Al-Faisal (left), the Saudi sports minister, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh this month Football Australia chief executive James Johnson said bidding for the World Cup was "not going to be favourable to Australia". 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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