This Sunday the closing ceremony of the biggest sporting event in the world took place: The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, which ended at the Stade de France.
The best athletes in the world must now change their focus to the XXXIV edition of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028. Additionally, the USA will host the 2026 World Cup, and here we tell you a very interesting fact about it.
By organizing the most important tournament in men’s football and a new Olympic event on its territory, the nation of ‘Stars and StripesIt will once again be an honor to host these two events back to back. The first time this happened was at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the USA and the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, so the necessary experience and infrastructure are already in place.
It is worth mentioning that the United States is one of only four countries to have received this honorIts southern neighbor hosted the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City (in the country’s capital) and the 1970 FIFA World Cup; Germany hosted the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and the 1974 FIFA World Cup; and Brazil hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
It is true that Mexico and Canada will participate in the 2026 competition.but the spotlight belongs to the United States due to the number of official games they have hosted and the fact that they are the only ones in charge of hosting the finals, starting with the quarterfinals, semifinals and final. On the other hand, California 2028 will welcome the best athletes in the world in the highest quality venues.
Club World Cup 2025 and the shattered dream of 2027
Another interesting point is that They will host the FIFA Club World Cup in 2025the first edition, in which 32 teams participate. The best teams from all six confederations will participate in this tournament and some of the most famous are Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Chelsea, River Plate, Flamengo and Al Hilal.
Finally, Although they had bid to host the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the United States and Mexico withdrew their candidacy to prepare for the 2031 edition..
Therefore The competition will take place in Brazil in three yearsand the USWNT will look to win their fifth World Cup and dethrone Spain.
