Australia World Cup Bid
I’ve dragged myself back to (real) work after spending a blissful three weeks in South Africa covering the Socceroos’ campaign. As any of you who read my tweets would know I clearly wasn’t over there for my soccer knowledge but I did get quite immersed in the machinations over the battle to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. This piece looks at the growing alarm in the Americas over the US bid to to host 2022 - along with Qatar, Australia’s toughest rival in the bid race.
A controversial Arizona immigration law which lets authorities randomly stop and question people of Latin American appearance and check their citizenship documents is threatening to derail the United States’ bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
In another boost to Australia’s bid to host the tournament in 2022, the US is struggling to control a wave of disquiet throughout the Americas over the radical law, which has sparked protests by sporting groups and boycotts by performers within Arizona.
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