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
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from inter to old trafford. he described the scale of the feat city are on the verge of emulating. it s extraordinarily difficult. when ijoined united after the treble, ifelt that team was unstoppable. and that s pretty much the sense that we have when we watch manchester city this season. here s the chance, oh, it s two! with some of the world s best players and perhaps the game s greatest manager, city already one of english football s finest ever teams. one more win and the title they have coveted for so long will finally be theirs too. over the past 48 hours, thousands of city fans have been arriving here in europe cos biggest city for what feels like the biggest moment in their clubs history. significant matters for them but also for the local authorities and indeed uefa, who had to apologise for their handling of last year s champions league final. natalie perks reports.
backin is heading back to france. he was back in england after a break in at his family home. authorities in qatar are facing criticism following the death of a migrant worker at a world cup training base. natalie perks reports. starring at his third world cup, raheem sterling s goal against iran helped england on their way. but when his home was burgled on the eve of the senegal match he made the decision to fly home to be with his family. tomorrow afternoon, he ll be back, and in the nick of time as england hold their final training session before saturday s showdown with the world champions. today, sterling s team mate admitted his experience has prompted others to consider their own security. you know, once one player goes through it, then there s always that thought in the back of your mind that it might happen to you or it could happen to somebody else. obviously raheem feels good enough now tojoin us, join back with us and we re very with that and just happy that, you know, his
shouldn t be able to beat anyone in front of her, no matter how good they are. she found her feet, they are. she found herfeet, it took a while, and when she had, she was off and running. and that s what s happened at every stage of this tournament so far. three rounds for qualifying, now five matches in the main draw shejust for qualifying, now five matches in the main draw she just gets confident, and she is an incredible talent. she s able to just show all that in these spurts of form. now she s two matches away from winning the thing. the she s two matches away from winning the thin. ., , , the thing. the only goals were in the thing. the only goals were in the england the thing. the only goals were in the england match the thing. the only goals were in the england match as the thing. the only goals were in the england match as natalie - the thing. the only goals were in i the england match as natalie perks reports. it had all been going well for england on the pitch. fiv