Sentence examples for bidding soccer from inspiring English sources
Not only did he fly to Cape Town, not only did he stay and do the business with a smile despite family bereavement, but he was afforded an advantage none of the other nine bidding soccer nations could have.
inter The chairman of England's World Cup bid and soccer federation, David Triesman, quit both jobs after accusing Spain and Russia, rivals in the bid for the 2018 Cup, of bribery.
Qatar's failure to enact wide-ranging reforms heightens the risk of its hosting rights being called into question against a backdrop of legal investigations into the integrity of its bid and world soccer body FIFA presidential elections that could spur increased pressure on the Gulf state in FIFA's bid to put a massive corruption scandal that involves Qatar behind it.
She participated in Morocco's two failed bids for the soccer World Cups of 2006 and 2010.
THE British press is seething that England's bid to host soccer's FIFA World Cup in 2018 garnered a pathetic two votes out of 22 from the FIFA executive committee.
A more famous, if less voluble, supporter of Madrid's bid is the soccer star Lionel Messi, which underscores the I.O.C.'s favorite pastime after self-promotion — conflict of interest.
Given the political sensitivities and financial needs, there has been speculation that Al Jazeera decided to bid for the soccer rights to smooth the way for its owner to buy Paris Saint-Germain.
Senior executives of Zurich-based FIFA were charged with corruption on May 27 by prosecutors in the United States over bids for major soccer tournaments dating back 24 years and involving up to $150 million in purported bribes.
UEFA is mulling plans to ask European leagues to limit clubs to a squad size of 25 players in a bid to curb soccer's massive wage bills, a senior official said on Tuesday.
The announcement of the New York Cosmos' bid for a soccer stadium as part of the Elmont Town Crossings project at Belmont Park, along with their return to play at Hofstra's Shuart Stadium in the North American Soccer League fall season, brings Long Island's Nassau County — long a hotbed for youth soccer — back into play as a potential host for high-profile international friendlies.
