Australia's bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup

[fedelta]

can confirm forza is well traveled.....

he once went to sydney

 

[Part_Timer]

was actually..west sydney to see efnik cultcha...

 

[fedelta]

west sydney would still be classified as sydney though so no need to post that really

 

[loyalist]

was actually..west sydney to see efnik cultcha...

yes
i once ate a kebab (sp??)

 

[fedelta]

was actually..west sydney to see efnik cultcha...

yes
i once ate a kebab (sp??)

lol, found this pic on your facebook of your trip

 

[fedelta]

btw good try with spelling
tis actually
kabab (کباب)

 

[dibo]

China will not bid for 2018, 2022 World Cups - report

    * Reuters, Monday February 2 2009

By Nick Mulvenney

BEIJING, Feb 2 (Reuters) - China will not submit bids to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup finals, local media reports said on Monday. After the successful hosting of last August's Beijing Olympics and the 2007 women's World Cup finals, China was expected to officially register its interest in bidding for the tournaments before Monday's FIFA deadline.

"In China, the decision of whether to bid for an international sports event like the World Cup is decided by the government ... the possibility of bidding for the World Cup is zero," Beijing Youth Daily quoted an unnamed official at the Chinese Football Association (CFA) as saying.

No one at the CFA was immediately available for comment.

A spokesman for the CFA said last October that China was mulling a bid for the World Cup finals and FIFA President Sepp Blatter said last month that the world's most populous nation was among 10 potential bidders.

Monday's report, however, cited several CFA officials as saying they had not heard of any intention to bid and the recent reorganisation of the governing body would have made it impossible to make a decision in time.

Nan Yong, who presided over China's successful hosting of the 2007 women's World Cup, formally replaced Xie Yalong as head of the CFA in mid January.

If no expression of intent is forthcoming from the CFA before Monday's deadline expires, it makes a bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics more likely.

Officials in the state-run sports administration previously said China would not bid for both the 2018 World Cup finals and Winter Games.

The governor of the northeastern province of Heilongjiang said in December that a successful Winter University Games in Harbin this month could be the catalyst for an attempt to attract the Winter Olympics to China in 2018 or 2022.

England, Japan, Qatar, Mexico, Australia, Russia and the United States have declared themselves in the running for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals. The decision will be announced in December next year. (Editing by Peter Rutherford)

 

[northernspirit]

no china = big boost for us
i wont believe that article till its been confirmed but hopefully its accurate

 

[ryan]

I was also at the Olympic Games final in Sydney. What a game that was. I recently watched it again. Carlos Puyol and Samuel Eto played that day and the atmosphere was brilliant. Contrary to Kareems thoughts the World Cup would sell out easily and being able to bid for 2018 and 2022 means we have a fantastic chance of hosting.

 

[FFC Mariner]

LOL at anyone thinking that we wouldnt sell out every single WC game easily.

You must have the worlds biggest sporting event confused with the Rugby League "world cup".

 

[Arabmariner]

South Korea aswell ?  ???

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7863406.stm

 

[Jimmy]

FIFA have ruled out any split hosting of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Was on Fox sports yesterday.

 

[serious14]

I was also at the Olympic Games final in Sydney. What a game that was. I recently watched it again. Carlos Puyol and Samuel Eto played that day and the atmosphere was brilliant.

Me too.  May I ask where you watched it??  I've been dying to see it again....... top top game.

 

[northernspirit]

i was also there
was on the western wing about 20 metres from the olympic cauldron, could hear it burning away - also great to see cameroon beat spain

 

[serious14]

i was also there
was on the western wing about 20 metres from the olympic cauldron, could hear it burning away - also great to see cameroon beat spain

Get outta here.  I was 10-ish rows infront of it......

 

[northernspirit]

shit hey haha, yeah i reckon i was maybe 15-20 rows away

 

[marinermick]

I was lucky, that in my volunteer capacity at the games, I was the press tribune supervisor for the football at the SFS and Olympic Stadium.

I got the best seats in the house and watched all the football games from the press area as the press didn't have any needs during matches.

The women's final was also a cracker.

 

[northernspirit]

did u go to the aus v honduras game mick?
that was painful to watch

 

[marinermick]

did u go to the aus v honduras game mick?
that was painful to watch

was there

truly awful

 

[northernspirit]

i think from memory casey wehrman had a shocker