{"id":108362,"date":"2023-10-09T13:21:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T13:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/09\/saudi-arabia-submits-letter-of-intent-to-host-2034-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T13:21:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T13:21:45","slug":"saudi-arabia-submits-letter-of-intent-to-host-2034-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/09\/saudi-arabia-submits-letter-of-intent-to-host-2034-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia submits letter of intent to host 2034 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/yasser-al-misehal-2023-g-1200-696x392-1.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"yasser-al-misehal-2023-g-1200\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yasser Al Misehal\u00a9 Gallo Images<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Saudi Arabia announced it took the second step to bid for 2034 World Cup by submitting a letter of intent to host the event to world soccer governing body Fifa on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week we announced our ambitions to host the 2034 Fifa World Cup, and this official submission continues our journey to make the dreams of our people a reality,\u201d Yasser Al Misehal, President of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation SAFF said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely committed to presenting the most competitive bid possible that will also help unite the world through football,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>SAFF said that once they declared their intention on Wednesday to bid for the tournament, \u201cover 70 Fifa Member Associations from across different continents have publicly pledged their support for the Kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Fifa named Morocco, Spain and Portugal as hosts of the 2030 World Cup, with Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay hosting the opening matches to mark the tournament\u2019s centenary.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"5jdkaxE_UlQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom TV News (9-10-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5jdkaxE_UlQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yasser Al Misehal\u00a9 Gallo Images Saudi Arabia announced it took the second step to bid for 2034 World Cup by submitting a letter of intent to host the event to world soccer governing body Fifa on Monday. \u201cLast week we announced our ambitions to host the 2034 Fifa World Cup, and this official submission continues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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