This article gives a good insight.
Re stadia,
will feature 11 stadiums that have not been built yet - one in a new city that hasn’t been built
Of the 15 stadiums, four are already built, eight are planned and three are under construction and will host the AFC Asian Cup in 2027.
Hope there is a decent test series or two that winter.
Just read their report…
Like why do they even bother to write such trash.
Champions League games, including the final, could be held in United States from the year 2033 onwards as Uefa look to enter a new global commercial rights deal. (Independent)
Did anyone at UEFA consider the effect of jetlag on players returning for domestic fixtures?
Probably not.
Imagine having to play on the west coast of the USA on a Wednesday evening and then playing our inevitable 12:30 Saturday kickoff here…
UEFA must be looking to change their name if this happens…
What will the World Cup look like?
Way more sober than usual, I see.
Like all sport in SA - very glitz and glamour, until you leave the main arena.
Bone dry in terms of booze and weather.
Added bonus of capital punishment, or losing limbs for breaking some of the rules. There’s a reason that footballers who play in Saudi do not live in Saudi!
Is this the World Cup or is this the inaugural Squid Games?
It will be a fucking abomination!
I actually miss genuinely crap pre-match entertainment. There is one I particularly remember from one of our 1980s Wembley finals (it may have been the 1986 cup final) which involved some guys with model planes, attached to long pieces of string, flying them around the centre circle. Every so often a couple of the planes would crash into each other, sending debris all over the pitch and resulting in a large, sarcastic cheer from the crowd.
I seem to remember that they were, somewhat ironically, called “The Wonder Wings”. Whatever it was, I can remember it 40 years on, which is far more than whatever song-and-dance routine that they usually have at these events.
Who could forget Camila Cabello, who thought that the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final was about her?
Next we will have to accept the final being played on a newly laid astroturf pitch because there is no way to protect a grass pitch from the damage of the half time show and the pitch would be unplayable in the second half.
I’m just laughing about it these days. I absolutely loved the world cup and used to watch it assiduously. But with time, those FIFA cunts have managed to have me totally disinterested. Well, done. 
(lovely gif though!)
Well the 2014 World Cup was the last legitimate one, no?
Diana Ross taking that penalty was my favourite.
This sounds awful and depending how I feel towards the US I might not bother watching it.
Nah. 1966.
The ONLY legitimate one.
The only ones that come close are the 1900, 1908 and 1912 Olympics
What about West Auckland winning the world cup in1909?
There won’t be a World Cup in USA next year. Trump will have his policies destroy his nation and turn the rest of the world to anti US.
Nations will take the high moral ground and boycott the event, just like they did in Qatar.