(ATR) New FIFA president Gianni Infantino intends to start the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup sooner rather than later.
He told reporters on his first day in office on Monday, Feb. 29 that the contest - which was delayed due to the FIFA corruption scandal that erupted nine months ago - should begin before the FIFA Congress meets in Mexico City in May.
Infantino also showed no interest in revisiting the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, telling reporters that it’s FIFA’s job to organize the best World Cup in history in Russia in 2018 and in 2022 in Qatar.
Budapest, Hungary to host 2019 World Table Tennis Championships
The 55th World Table Tennis Championships will be held in the SYMA event hall in the Hungarian capital.
Budapest's bid, the only one submitted for the 2019 edition of the sport's biggest event, was officially approved at the ITTF Annual General Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Tuesday, Mar. 1.
"I am confident that our Hungarian friends will put on a fantastic show for us in 3 years time." ITTF president Thomas Weikert said in a statement.
Budapest is also one of four cities in the running to host the 2024 Summer Olympics along with Los Angeles, Paris and Rome. The IOC decision on that is scheduled for September 2017.
FIG awards 2017 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships to Pesaro, Italy
Pesaro, Italy will host the 2017 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.
The FIG Executive Committee announced the decision to award the event to the Italian Gymnastics Federation (FGI) on Monday, Feb. 29.
The competition will be held from August 29 to September 3, 2017 at a familiar venue. The Adriatic Arena in Pesaro has been hosting Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup events since 2009.
"I am delighted to see Italy organizing the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships for the first time," said FIG President Bruno Grandi (ITA) in a statement. "As Italy has a beautiful and solid tradition in Rhythmic Gymnastics, we are confident that the organization will more than meet the requirements of the event."
The 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships and the 2019 Worlds have already been assigned to Sofia, Bulgaria and Baku, Azerbaijan respectively.
Written by Gerard Farek
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