Mexico is part of a joint bid including the US and Canada for the 2026 World CupsoccerBy ALFREDO ESTRELLAHosting rights for the 2026 World Cup are set to be revealed on June 13, FIFA said Monday as it published bids from Morocco and a joint one from the United States, Mexico and Canada. The decision will be announced at a FIFA meeting in Moscow on the eve of the 2018 World Cup being held in Russia. The bidding process for Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022 came under intense scrutiny, causing widespread upheaval at FIFA, but the body insists its process is beyond reproach. "I challenge anyone to point out an organisation that conducts a bidding process as fair, objective and transparent as the one that FIFA is carrying out for the 2026 FIFA World Cup," FIFA president Gianni Infantino said in a statement on Monday. FIFA's bid evaluation task force will visit the candidates, and following their assessment, announce the hosts at the 68th FIFA Congress, which will convene in Moscow on 13 June.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 26, 2018 16:07 UTC