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Fifa bolsters World Cup fan engagement with Snap partnership
World football’s governing body Fifa has stepped up its fan engagement efforts for the ongoing World Cup in Russia by agreeing a partnership with US technology and camera company Snap Inc.
US Digest | Telemundo takes lead against Fox for World Cup viewers
African football leaders call for return of World Cup rotation
Senior African football officials have called on Fifa to reintroduce a rotation system for the World Cup following Morocco’s comprehensive defeat for the hosting rights to the 2026 tournament.
US Digest | United bid wins 2026 World Cup vote by landslide
In this week's US sports industry round-up: United bid wins 2026 World Cup vote by landslide; NBCSN to simulcast Telemundo Russia 2018 matches; and New Jersey sports betting bill is given the green light.
Morocco questions United 2026 revenue claims ahead of World Cup vote
Morocco 2026 has sought to cast doubt over the revenue projection claims of rival Fifa World Cup bidder United 2026 ahead of tomorrow’s (Wednesday’s) vote to decide the destination of the national team football tournament.
‘Despite the troubled period, we will exceed our commercial targets’ | Philippe Le Floc’h
ECA calls for ‘open’ discussion on competition reforms
The European Club Association (ECA) has called for proposed changes to various club football competitions to be discussed in an “open, transparent and detailed manner” in order to ensure long-term benefits for the game.
US Digest | Delaware ushers in new sports betting era
In this week's US sports industry round-up: Delaware ushers in new sports betting era; United 2026 bid outscores 'high risk' Morocco; and the New York Yankees win scheduling battle with ESPN.
Qatar 2022 expansion unlikely, claims Infantino
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has conceded it is unlikely that Qatar’s 2022 World Cup will be expanded, while he has hit back at criticism of a lack of transparency concerning the plans of world football’s governing body for new-look Club World Cup and Global Nations League competitions.
Was Fifa right to expand the World Cup to 48 teams?
Tim Crow: Fifa needs to restore its sponsorship appeal, but Qatar 2022 makes a clean-up tricky
Phil Carling: Why Chinese brands have stepped in while the West pulls back
From hairdryers to fibre optics | The story of Getty Images at the Fifa World Cup
Coca-Cola, guns and money: the genesis of the Fifa Partner programme
1950-2014: A history of sponsorship at the Fifa World Cup
Former German FA, Fifa officials charged with tax evasion
German prosecutors have today (Friday) charged three former German Football Association (DFB) executives and one former official from world governing body Fifa with serious tax evasion in connection to the country’s staging of the 2006 World Cup.
SportBusiness International June 2018
Red Uprising | Inside Moscow’s Otkritie Arena
Greg Pitcher talks to Aecom head of sports engineering Peter Ayres, responsible for the design of Moscow's Okritie Arena, about the creation of the soon-to-be World Cup venue.