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Airbnb and FIFA have announced a partnership spanning three tournaments, delivering travel experiences for fans alongside economic opportunities for local communities and support for host cities. During the three-year collaboration, Airbnb will serve as an official partner for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and an official supporter for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the […]
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FIFA announced eight host venues for the month-long 2027 Women’s World Cup in Brazil on Wednesday but hasn’t decided yet where the opening match and the final will take place. The event will be the first FIFA Women’s World Cup to be held in South America. The eight cities and venues include Belo Horizonte (Estádio […]
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The U.S. women’s national soccer team will play China in two friendly matches in St. Paul, Minnesota, and St. Louis this summer. The teams will meet at Allianz Field in St. Paul on May 31 and at Energizer Park in St. Louis on June 3. These will be the first meetings with China since the […]
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Brazil will host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, bringing the event to South America for the first time after beating out a three-country European rival bid. Brazil won a vote of FIFA’s 211 member nations during its Congress in Bangkok on Friday. Brazil moved ahead of a joint Germany-Belgium-Netherlands bid recently after being given […]
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U.S. Soccer and the Mexican Football Federation have surprisingly withdrawn their joint bid to host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup and will instead focus on bidding to host the tournament in 2031, the two national federations announced Monday afternoon. “Hosting a World Cup tournament is a huge undertaking – and having additional time to […]
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On the day that bids are due to FIFA, U.S. Soccer and the Mexico Football Federation officially submitted a joint bid to host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, entitled the “New Heights” bid. Along with the U.S./Mexico joint bid which had been earlier revealed as in the works and made official on Friday, a […]
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FIFA was given assurances by the government of Brazil over the weekend that it is officially bidding to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup, which would be the first time Latin America has hosted any of the nine editions of the tournament. Brazil’s sports minister, André Fufuca, and the president of the country’s soccer body, […]
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Several member associations have expressed interest in hosting the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, headed up by a joint bid from U.S. Soccer and the Mexican Football Federation. The Royal Belgian Football Association, the Royal Netherlands Football Association and the German Football Association have expressed joint interest. The Brazilian Football Association and South African Football […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Soccer Federation and the Mexican Football Federation will bid to co-host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The federations have until May 19 to submit an initial bidding agreement, but the federations have announced what would be a historic co-hosting and a potential return of the event to North America for the first […]
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