The 2030 Football World Cup will be held across six countires in three different continents, fifa has confirmed. The decision is set to be ratified at a Fifa Congress next year with spain, portugal and morocco as the co hosts. But the opening round of matches will be played in uruguay, argentina and paraguay. Thats to mark the world cup s centenary, as itll be 100 years since the first tournament in montevideho. Our Sports Editor says fifa are bound to face questions about the impact on the environment. Youre going to have the prospect of the teams perhaps from europe Flying Thousands of miles to South America for just one thousands of miles to South America forjust one match before flying all the way back again across the atlantic, back to europe for the remainder of their tournaments. I think the optics of that are unhelpful and certainly according to many environmental campaigners has been condemnation already this evening. The supported groups who say that it sets the wrong example
Former England captain David Beckham says he is "proud" to have been a Qatar 2022 World Cup ambassador, despite criticism of the country's human rights record.
After their fascinating duel in a wild Qatar World Cup final, the tournament's best player Lionel Messi and its top scorer Kylian Mbappé are firm frontrunners to win the next men's Ballon d'Or.
As the dust settles on last year's football festival, it's clear that Qatar 2022 World Cup was filled with firsts. But perhaps one of the more important legacies of the World Cup will be Qatar's openness to fans who usually cannot travel so freely.