Rival politicians took time out from a tight federal election campaign to host FIFA delegates at the prime minister’s residence overlooking the iconic Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge in a show of bipartisan support for Australia’s 2022 World Cup bid. The six-member FIFA delegation spent three days in Australia examining its credentials to host the 2022 World Cup, concluding the trip…

Australia’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup is ready, FIFA’s team of bid inspectors have announced upon their departure from the country. “After almost three days of inspection I, on behalf of the FIFA Inspection Group, would like to express some words.

With the World Cup less than three days away from kick-off, all the focus is rightly being centered on the qualified teams. But what about the teams that didn’t qualify? How about the teams that have never qualified for soccer’s grandest stage. I will be giving attention to those teams that haven’t ever qualified for the tournament in the following slides and stating why you may or may not see …

World Cup ticket sales have hit 97 percent and organizers are expecting to have sold above 98 percent of the more than 3 million tickets by the end of the tournament. FIFA released figures two days ahead of the opening World Cup match showing that 135,000 of the 3.01 million tickets available for purchase remained unsold.