American bid set to win

The World Cup will be heading to North America for the fourth time if the hosting rights to the 2026 tournament are, as expected, handed to the joint bid from the United States, Mexico and Canada at today’s Fifa congress in Moscow. The rival bid from Morocco, for the first 48-team tournament, was hoping for a late surge in support from lobbying efforts in the Russian capital yesterday but most observers expect the African bid to fall short.