10 potential bidders for 2018 & 2022 World Cups
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MOSCOW - Sepp Blatter expects tough competition for the right to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, the FIFA president said on Saturday.
"We already have 10 potential bidders," Blatter told a news conference during the opening of the CIS Cup, an annual tournament involving the club champions from the 15 former Soviet republics.
"If we go from west to east we have Mexico, United States, Spain alone or together with Portugal, England, a joint bid from the Netherlands and Belgium, I do hope Russia (will bid), Japan, Qatar, China and Australia."
South Africa will host the 2010 World Cup and Brazil is due to stage the 2014 edition.
Turning to Russian soccer chief Vital Mutko, Blatter said: "I definitely expect Russia to be a candidate to host the World Cup either in 2018 or 2022."
Alexei Sorokin, general director of the Russian FA, said officials had yet to make up their mind about submitting a formal bid.
"We haven't sent an official letter to FIFA yet as we're still waiting for the government to formally endorse our bid," Sorokin told Reuters.
This week world soccer's ruling body set a Feb. 2 deadline for potential bidders to formally express their interest.
For the first time FIFA will have a simultaneous bidding process for the two events, which will be awarded to the successful candidates in December 2010.
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where is singapore?
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you think that kallang stadium can make it meh?
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we still have jalan besar, jurong stadium, woodlands stadium, bishan stadium, queenstown stadium, etc...
if not enough still can use those secondary school fields.
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LOL.
those small stadiums leh.
i think any BPL keepers take one goal kick ball fly out of stadium le -
Originally posted by gunner77:
we still have jalan besar, jurong stadium, woodlands stadium, bishan stadium, queenstown stadium, etc...
if not enough still can use those secondary school fields.
those so small sia.
maybe SSC may wan build a "Old Trafford" here
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Originally posted by AEW5001:
those so small sia.
maybe SSC may wan build a "Old Trafford" here
You wait long long k? -
Originally posted by Chris88110:
You wait long long k?k. just daydreaming only
now i shld dream of Anfield or Stamford Bridge
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lolx not enough stadium in Singapore bulid a Underground Stadium lor
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Originally posted by Scania N113CRB l0v3r:
lolx not enough stadium in Singapore bulid a Underground Stadium lor
must be near Interchange
hey i tink thats a good idea, but later the ball fly to underground mrt track how? -
then become play fifa street le lor
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Originally posted by gunner77:
hey i tink thats a good idea, but later the ball fly to underground mrt track how?lolx If fly MRT track, 2moro news " Ball Fly to MRT track disturb MRT from going"
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Build Waterfloat Soccer stadium la =)
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Originally posted by youyayu:
Build Waterfloat Soccer stadium la =)
Marina Bay lor -
must as well build underwater world kind of stadium lar.
more shiokgot sharks and fish as fans to watch
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Originally posted by limpper:
must as well build underwater world kind of stadium lar.
more shiokgot sharks and fish as fans to watch
then the glass must be unbreakable leh.. if not song bo ^_^
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haha, ya.