Will combine to welcome 48 nations for the tournament. The six counties who will stage the matches are argentina, morocco, paraguay, portugal, spain and uruguay and they will all qualify automatically. Our sports news editor dan roan has more on this. Dan, how can this Work Logistically . It is an amazing deal that has been struck by fifa today along with a number of configurations that represent the different continents of the football landscape. If fans thought the idea Of A Winter World Cup was a novel proposition, they will be just as amazed perhaps is the announcement today. For the First Time Ever at the world cup will be staged across three continents. It will be staged in three countries in 2026 in the us, canada and mexico. Fifa have gone one better it seems with this. Six Different Countries over three continents. Spain, portugal, morocco are effectively the co hosts of this tournament, but in a move that is meant to honour and mark the centenary of the inaugural world cup in
desperate to get this game and safely. we ve been hearing from the managers today. the;t safely. we ve been hearing from the managers today- safely. we ve been hearing from the managers today. they really will be. there is obviously managers today. they really will be. there is obviously a managers today. they really will be. there is obviously a congestion - managers today. they really will be. there is obviously a congestion in i there is obviously a congestion in their fixture calendar at the moment, and spurs have been arguably the worst affected. as things stand, the worst affected. as things stand, the game is going ahead on sunday. we ve seen and you heard that there have been some very late postponements. of course, who knows at the moment? we heard from antonio kontaveit, who said the rules have to be the same for all the teams. antonio conte. this is an uncertainty felt by other managers. it s an important game against second place deliverable. they re a leicester gam
meeting in this hotel behind me for a lengthy shareholders meeting which will bring in other matters such as a proposed owner is charter to block future breakaways like the european super league and covid certification and the fixture calendar for next year but no significant football news today is that france will be allowed to stand at premier league and championship clubs for the first time in more 25 years. and championship clubs for the first time in more 25 years. laura, thank ou. this summer we were celebrating team gb s success in tokyo s olympic swimming pool, but there are warnings that the future of the sport could be under threat. swim england says major investment is needed to modernise or replace old pools or 2,000 of them could be closed by the end of the decade. joe wilson reports. marshall street baths were built for victorian london, preserved, improved, and still used. exceptional. the big picture is bleak. swimming pools everywhere desperately need refurbishment