2030 World Cup has many suitors

– Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay are to submit a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup, it was announced on Thursday.

Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay had already submitted a joint bid to host the centenary edition of the tournament, but those countries’ presidents had agreed to Chile’s participation in the “joint candidacy”.

The bid faces competition from Morocco, Britain and Ireland and another by a coalition of Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania. –

Santiago