Brazil 2014 World Cup chairman Ricardo Teixeira has given the 12 host cities a month to make progress on plans to build or renovate stadia.
Earlier this week, Fifa secretar...More>
Japan has withdrawn from the race to host the 2018 World Cup to focus on bidding for the 2022 tournament.
The Japanese Football Association (JFA) cited the widely held view...More>
ITV is hoping to boost its advertising revenue by at least £20m during the World Cup this summer.
ITV1's advertising income has already increased by 13-15 per cent in...More>
The Qatar 2022 World Cup bid has announced five new ambassadors.
Described as "pioneers of Gulf football", they are: Adnan Al Talyani (United Arab Emirates), Abdulaziz Al A...More>
England 2018 has appointed independent search marketing consultancy Reform to handle its international search engine optimisation (SEO) strategy.
Reform will be tasked with...More>
Fifa has appointed Getty Images as its authorised photographic agency for the next two years.
Getty will cover Fifa tournaments, including this year’s World Cup in South Af...More>
Sepp Blatter has slammed suggestions he has agreed to support Qatar’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup.
The Fifa president was quoted over the weekend as saying that he “stro...More>
Sky Sports has chosen Input Media as its studio facilities provider for its upcoming coverage of the 2010 World Cup.
The deal will see Sky Sports host its World Cup covera...More>
Fifa has admitted that its internet-based ticketing strategy for this summer’s World Cup may have been a mistake.
Over-the-counter ticket sales in host nation South Africa ...More>
British Airways has signed up as the official airline of England’s 2018 World Cup bid.
As part of the deal, a BA Airbus A319 with a black and white football on its nose wil...More>
South Africa president Jacob Zuma believes this year’s football World Cup is the country’s “single greatest opportunity” to show off its diversity to the rest of the world.
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South Africa has unveiled a 19bn rand infrastructure upgrade ahead of this summer’s World Cup.
Organisers showed off redeveloped airports, the much-talked-about Gautrain se...More>
The Russian World Cup bid has confirmed that the country’s prime minister Vladimir Putin has personally signed off all government guarantees required by Fifa.
The documents...More>
Japan’s World Cup bid has signed three new sponsors.
Fuji Television Network, Nikkei and Tokyo Broadcasting System Television are all supporting the 2018/2022 bid, bringing...More>
Hublot has signed a deal to become the official timekeeper of the next two World Cups in South Africa and Brazil.
Hublot sponsored the Swiss national team in 2006 and was a...More>
Global food supplier Seara has signed up as a sponsor of the 2010 and 2014 Fifa World Cups.
The agreement was signed by Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Marcos Antonio Molin...More>
Aruna Media has partnered with Sensio Technologies for its 3D distribution of 2010 World Cup games to theatres and other venues around the world.
Aruna, which owns the li...More>
