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The Japan Football Association have officially declared their intention to bid for the right to host the World Cup in either 2018 or 2022.

The United States, Canada and Mexico will jointly host the 2026 World Cup after beating bid rival Morocco, FIFA has announced.

According to French publication, L'Equipe, the draw for the pools in the 2007 Rugby World Cup will be done in Dublin on May 12, 2004.

Last year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic hero Curlin has arrived at Nad Al Sheba ahead of his Dubai World Cup bid.

Bosses are apparently "panicking" over the disruption the World Cup will cause to their workers.

Christian Vieri has scored his fourth goal of the World Cup to put Italy ahead in their clash with Korea.

Over 80,000 fans are packed into the Azadi Stadium in Tehran for the crucial second leg of the World Cup play-off between Ireland and Iran.

England football captain David Beckham is to be hypnotised into believing he will clinch World Cup victory, according to reports.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has announced that the world governing body has taken the first step in a process which could lead to the Qatar 2022 World Cup moving to the winter.

Tonight’s World Cup qualifier between Northern Ireland and Russia in Belfast has been postponed until 3pm tomorrow, with snow rendering conditions unplayable at Windsor Park.

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The Small Firms Association has welcomed Ireland’s progression to the second round of the World Cup finals, saying it should boost consumer spending by around €50m.

Preliminary dates for next year's International Rules ties Down Under have been announced with the prospect of a Rugby World Cup partnership on line.

Mick McCarthy is in negotiations with FAI officials today over a new contract.

Iran have won the first leg of their Asian Confederation World Cup play-off against the United Arab Emirates after recording a 1-0 victory in Tehran this afternoon.

The bidding battle to host Rugby World Cup 2023 is set to be between Ireland and three other countries - France, Italy and South Africa.

Leinster’s CJ van der Linde will move to the Super-14 Cheetahs next season in an effort to win back his place in the South African squad for the 2011 World Cup.

Calls to boycott the 2018 World Cup in Russia would be “empty-gesture politics” and would end up as a show of weakness, according to former British sports minister Richard Caborn.