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		<title>Japan proposes 13 venues for World Cup bids</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) &#8211; Japan has 13 prospective venues should the country win the right to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cups, the country&#8217;s bid leaders said on Thursday. Japan has bid for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups despite initially saying it would only do so if Tokyo won the vote to stage the [...]


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		<title>U.S. names 18 cities in 2018/2022 World Cup bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) &#8211; Eighteen cities were named as part of a United States bid for the 2018 or 2022 soccer World Cup on Tuesday, but Chicago was notably absent from the list. The 18 cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas and Boston, have stadiums with average seating capacities of 78,000 for a [...]


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		<title>Indonesia confident of funding for 2022 World Cup bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Sports Biz Asia Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA (Reuters) &#8211; The Indonesian Soccer Federation is confident that the country&#8217;s government will provide the necessary funding to support their ambitious bid to host the 2022 World Cup. &#8220;We&#8217;re waiting for the government to make their decision whether they will back the bid,&#8221; Indonesian soccer federation secretary-general Nugraha Besoes told Reuters by telephone on [...]


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		<title>England name Olympic stadium as potential World Cup venue</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; London&#8217;s 2012 Olympic stadium could stage matches during the 2018 soccer World Cup if England wins the right to host the tournament, bid organisers said on Wednesday. Brian Mawhinney, chairman of the Host City selection panel, named 17 stadiums in 12 candidate cities and towns as potential venues should FIFA award the [...]


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		<title>Japan cabinet endorses World Cup bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) &#8211; Japan&#8217;s cabinet has endorsed the country&#8217;s bid to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup, Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday. Kyodo said the government does not plan to fund any infrastructure costs but pledged to cooperate with security, transportation and immigration issues if Japan was successful in winning the right [...]


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		<title>Qatar promises heat-beating tech, &#8216;historic&#8217; World Cup</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) &#8211; The searing desert heat of a Middle East summer will be no obstacle to Qatar hosting a World Cup finals, the Gulf State&#8217;s bid chief said on Tuesday while promising new heat-confounding technologies. Qatar hopes to stage the 2022 soccer extravaganza and painted an alluring picture to the sport&#8217;s insiders meeting [...]


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		<title>Richards resigns from England&#8217;s 2018 bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; Premier League chairman Dave Richards resigned from the board of England&#8217;s 2018 World Cup bid on Tuesday. Richards said he could best support the bid without sitting on the board. Manchester United chief executive David Gill, who holds an advisory role to England&#8217;s bid committee, said it was a personal decision by [...]


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		<title>U.S. could see $5 bln benefit from hosting World Cup</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (Reuters) &#8211; The World Cup would benefit the United States by at least $5 billion if the country is chosen to host the 2018 or 2022 global soccer tournament, the U.S. bid committee said on Tuesday. The U.S. bid group, which called the estimate &#8220;conservative,&#8221; also estimated that between 65,000 and 100,000 total new [...]


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		<title>Asia key to Australia’s 2018 bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia&#8217;s place in Asia can help it host a soccer World Cup that will reap the sport more money than the other nations vying for the honour can deliver. That is the argument mounted by Football Federation Australia (FFA) chairman Frank Lowy, who is confident Australia will win the right to host the coveted event [...]


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		<title>England see $5 billion benefit from winning 2018 Cup bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) &#8211; The World Cup would benefit England by at least $5 billion if the country was chosen to host the 2018 tournament, bid chairman Andy Anson said on Thursday. &#8220;Every region will benefit if the World Cup came to England in 2018,&#8221; he told a Leaders in Football conference at Chelsea&#8217;s Stamford Bridge [...]


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		<title>Madrid to focus on Spain&#8217;s 2018 World Cup bid &#8211; mayor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID (Reuters) &#8211; Madrid will focus on trying to help Spain&#8217;s bid to host the 2018 World Cup soccer finals after failing to win the vote for the 2016 Summer Olympics, mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon said on Saturday. Madrid lost out to Rio de Janeiro in Friday&#8217;s final Olympic vote in Copenhagen but Spain is also [...]


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		<title>PSV plans to extend stadium</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PSV plans to extend the Philips Stadium to a capacity of 45,000 spectators. The stadium’s current capacity is 35,000. PSV’s management still has doubts about whether to extend the current stadium or to build a completely new one. “From an emotional perspective, we want to stay in the town. It’s only a ten-minute walk to [...]


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