FIFA Officially Unveils Host Cities, Stadia To Be Used for 2026 World Cup in USA, Canada, Mexico

• 16 cities have officially been confirmed as the host cities for the 2026 World Cup that will be held jointly in USA, Mexico and Canada
• This will be the first time that a World Cup will be held jointly by three countries after Morocco's bid was thrown out
• State-of-the-art stadiums like Azteca, Mercedez Benz and the NRG stadium will be used for the expanded tournament that will have 48 teams

FIFA officially revealed the cities and stadia that will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The biggest football event will be jointly organised by the United States of America, Mexico and Canada.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino confirmed the venues in a ceremony held on Thursday at the Rockefeller Centre in New York City.

The USA got the lion's share of the venues with 11 cities Boston, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Kansas City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Miami and Los Angeles.

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Mexico will have Guadalajara, Mexico City and Monterrey. Canada, meanwhile, will have Toronto and Vancouver.

The Daily Mail reports that this will be the first time in 32 years that a North American country will host the World Cup. The last time it was organised in the United States was in 1994 and Brazil won its fourth title.

Speaking during the ceremony, Infantino expressed his confidence that the event would be a success and congratulated the selected cities.

We congratulate the 16 FIFA World Cup host cities on their outstanding commitment and passion,' Infantino said in a statement.

Today is a historic day - for everyone in those cities and states, for FIFA, for Canada, the USA and Mexico who will put on the greatest show on Earth.

We look forward to working together with them to deliver what will be an unprecedented FIFA World Cup and a game-changer as we strive to make football truly global.

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Michel Platini confesses that the 1998 World Cup was fixed

Sports Brief had earlier reported that Former UEFA President and France legend Michel Platini has revealed that the 1998 World Cup draw was tampered with.

Platini, who is currently under trial together with former FIFA President Sepp Blatter, has confessed that there was a scheme to ensure that hosts France, didn’t meet pre-tournament favourites Brazil until the final.

He was the co-president of the World Cup Organising Committee for the draw that happened at Stade Velodrome in Marseilles.