Today, FIFA announced the countries which will host the World Cup of 2018 (Russia) and of 2022
(Qatar).
Inspired by that event, many people are searching for information about the World Cup 2014 in
Brazil.
So, follows a brief description of the situation as of today, December 2nd 2010:
The host cities were announced in May of 2009.
Professor Christopher Gaffney checks in again from Brazil...
The Soccerex Global Convention was held last week in the Copacabana Fort, attached to the
Sofitel in Rio de Janeiro. The title of the convention, Uniting the Football World, made as much
sense as FIFA's slogan, For the Good of the Game.
David Beckham is doing his bit to help out England's World Cup 2018 bid. Russia were the
favourites at the start of the day but their Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, today revealed that he
will not be visiting Fifa's headquarters in Zurich because of the 'unscrupulous competition'. The
final pitch is made on Thursday and it's each country's last opportunity to win vital votes, so
Fifa will unlikely be impressed his no show and comments.
In a dramatic last day of action in the Campeonato Brasileiro the championship was won
by Fluminense. The Rio de Janiero based club claimed only their second ever league title following
their final match. Emerson scored the only goal of the game for Fluminense after 69 minutes in
their home game against Guarani EC and it was enough to see Flu finally get their hands on
the Brazilian league trophy which they hadn't won since 1984.
