FIFA announces dates for 2026 World Cup bid evaluation as race heats up

FIFA has announced the schedule for the bid evaluation visits in the increasingly tense race to stage the 2026 World Cup.

As set out in the rules introduced after the controversies of the 2010 decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar, respectively, the recommendations of the 'bid evaluation task force' will go a long way to deciding if the joint bid from Canada, Mexico and the United States will be joined on the ballot by Morocco's bid.