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FIFA Confirms Each And Every Vote For 2026 World Cup Host Open To Public Viewing

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has come through on his promise to make the World Cup bidding process more transparent and open to scrutiny after the fallout following the 2010 vote which saw the 2018 and 2022 World Cups handed to Russia and Qatar. 

On June 13, 2018, 211 member federations and the 38-person FIFA council will decide who’ll win the right to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and all of those votes will be open to public viewing. 

Newcastle United Put Up For Sale But Likelihood Of Transaction Is Unclear

Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has made no secret of his desire to sell the club over the past year, but the 53-year-old sporting goods billionaire has now made his intentions perfectly clear via a formal statement from Saint James’ Park officials.

This Commercial For The Messi Experience Park Is Definitely Something

Some takeaways from this video:

1. Messi.

2. This video definitely involves Messi.

3. The Messi Experience Park.

4. The Messi Experience Park is scheduled to open in 2020.

5. And that's it.

6. That's all there is.

7. That's all the information the video gave us.

8. We are still very much in the dark concerning the actual content of the Messi Experience Park.

Oscar Scores Ridiculous Solo Goal Because China

The level of football in China, millions of dollars spent on foreigners not withstanding, is not quite up to par with some of the top soccer leagues in the world. As evidence, may we present to you Oscar, a Brazilian midfielder who had a decent spell at Chelsea but absolutely annihilated the near non-existent defense of Guangzhou Evergrande on Saturday while playing for Shanghai SIPG in the Chinese FA Cup semifinals.

Football’s Forgotten $19 Million Per Year Man Is Scoring Bangers In China

Pensar en la Super Liga china es algo como recordar el año Y2K, el año en que se cumplieron 2000 años (hecho). Las preocupaciones se acumularon ferozmente justo antes del cambio de siglo, pero la caída del balón confirmó que todo estaría bien.

La CSL, durante unos meses, pareció capaz de su propia disrupción global, y la creencia de que China simplemente compraría a cualquiera y a todos por sumas exorbitantes alcanzó su punto máximo cuando Shangong Luneng convirtió a Graziano Pelle en el quinto futbolista mejor pagado del planeta en 2016 .

Hulk Only Scores Wonder Goals, But This Is His Best Yet

Hulk and Shanghai SIPG took on bottom-of-the-table Yanbian Fude in the Chinese Super League today, and you can probably guess what happened. There’s really nothing more routine in the world of football right now than the monthly wonder goal from Hulk in Asia, it’s like clockwork.

Well, here’s your banger for the month of July from the Brazilian billionaire. 

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