in a completely public and transparent way that's something that's never done before for president giani infantino this is a big step forward yesterday he was struck in his stuff on the pitch against the football legends today he is presiding over what could be his penultimate before congress asking the president the election is next year but today it's obviously about choosing the country which will host the twenty twenty six world cup that is something we will know shortly after noon moscow time and it's scenes at least on paper as i mentioned before that the north american bid is very strong that it would likely win the right to host the twenty twenty six world cup however you know things may happen and particularly because of the political situation here is my explain as to what could potentially be that today there is one obstacle on the world cup journey across the pond and its name is donald trump starting with purely practical things after all the u.s. president introduced a travel ban for a number of arab countries due to new entry regulations that the currently being proposed i

the host the twenty twenty six total and the decision is going to be announced by afi for president giani in fan taney from the expo center in moscow so we'll be keeping an eye on that i'm told that a decision is expected in the next a few minutes while we wait for them max metal from the don't whose phone is here to bring us up to date so what's going on in moscow right now max yes the final minutes before the decision there's been a big change to the voting of the two bids morocco on the one hand and north america on the other hand where we have the u.s. mexico and canada joining forces it's not going to be decided as was usually done by a twenty four man executive committee that was subject to a lot of allegations of corruption especially handling the bids of the two thousand and six world cup which went to germany and then the twenty eighteen want to russia which is kicking off tomorrow and the twenty twenty two world cup coming up in four years time in qatar so instead of having a twenty four man executive committee we've got all of fifty's members costing the vote aside from the fou

can challenge him just head to facebook or twitter and use the hash tag match morning for president giani in frontino has been taking part in a kick about in moscow before football's world body meets on wednesday member nations are expected to vote on the host of for the two thousand and twenty six world cup parties oleksiak cesky looks at the two competing bids. the joint u.s. mexico and canada bid to host the twenty twenty six world cup looks like a done deal at least on paper the north american bid seoul rival morocco barely passed the features a valuation scoring two point seven overall against four stadiums and accommodation in morocco were considered high risk the african country would need to invest a whopping sixteen billion dollars into infrastructure to host that event and the projected revenue of the north american world cup is two times bigger. the twenty twenty six bid is well presented and strong in terms of government commitments but would need to build most of its tournament related and going to infrastructure the united twenty twenty six bid on the other hand has promisin

vladimir putin watched the match alongside the saudi crown prince mohammed bin sandman and fifa president giani in panty no russia and saudi arabia of the two lowest rank sides in the tournament. with all the headlines and back with more news here on al-jazeera that's after people in power do stay with us. al jazeera is a very important force of information for many people around the world when all the cameras have gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going to talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. for over three years control to tara wall to call to prove an iraqi troops driven out in late two thousand and seventeen local militias just searching for fugitives reaching out the harshest justice on suspect fighters and civilian collaborators one of the most french for malicious is led by a woman. went to meet her. how many years how do. you are saying the old me nothing the out of all of. you to see me the big of them down with me off the idea tell me the change you want to. feel i mean it's. this their sheer guts you know what a f

supporting these countries when they don't support us including at the united nations today is on the giani in frontin as rain is going through a massive reforms and one of them is that the decision on who gets the world cup will be made through an open public vote by all member associations it leaves one to wonder if trump had that in mind when he tried to bully the countries into a voting for the us. alexi russia ski r.t. . so let's look at my shoulder and check out that's the mexican delegate there is check out what's happening those two hundred seven nations represented there. just before the big twenty eighteen world cup they're going to vote on whether it's going to the united states mexico and canada that's the mexico representative speaking or whether it's going to be morocco spirit of questions over the north american bid fearing it could lose out of course if the vote of century because a referendum on the popularity us president donald trump the very man has proposed to build a wall between him and mexico and of course all the latest trades with canada but you know everyone's hop

if you have a president giani in frontin know has been taking part in a kick about in moscow before football's world body meets on wednesday number nations are expected to vote on the host for the two thousand and twenty six world cup parties oleksiak chef ski has his own unique look at the two competing bids. the joint u.s. mexico and canada bid to host the twenty twenty six world cup looks like a done deal at least on paper the north american bid seoul rival morocco barely passed the features a valuation scoring two point seven overall against four say games and accommodation in morocco were considered high risk the african country would need to invest a whopping sixteen billion dollars into infrastructure to host that event and the projected revenue of the north american world cup is two times bigger. the twenty twenty six bid is well presented and strong in terms of government commitments but would need to build most of its tournament related and going to infrastructure the united twenty twenty six bid on the other hand has promising levels of infrastructure already in place and fully oper

has exactly a week to go before the world cup kicks off in russia fever president giani inventiveness is tournament officials are ready to address any issues of racism or discrimination if they happen just last month football's world governing body fined russia over thirty thousand dollars for racist abuse and fringe players and infant tina says referees at the world cup will have the power to stop matches if that happens again when it comes to discrimination would have clear procedures in place to fight discrimination including a three step process by the referees who can stop suspended even abandon a match in case of discrimination would have a monitoring system including then immediate disciplinary sanctions if something were to happen obviously wish to dis doesn't happen everyone is warned that if it happens this will have serious consequences meanwhile european champions portugal are putting the finishing touches to their preparations they were given a rousing sendoff by the country's president in lisbon who called them the best among the best that's despite failing to get past t

for the current fee for president giani infancy no was not personally involved in the decision to award the world cups to either russia who will host in twenty twenty two so my suspicion was that perhaps to put his own touch of this tournament he has made his very own pet project i want to feel for headquarters in syria to ask him whether that was a case. of the president the fever introducing the into the world cup can you go and see that it's going to be a success it will be a success definitely it will be a success because there will never be a correct decision which would be changed into a wrong decision but there will be wrong decisions which will be corrected into a right decision so there are only upsides there are no downsides i don't understand why you have to be so perfect in the game do we really want that well we want to be as fair as possible in the game that's why i always would need referees . referees there to take a decision hopefully the right decision when. one when one something is committed which is not in accordance with the laws of the game so. if a gay. game in t

help you will just head to facebook or twitter and use the hash tag much marine you fee for president giani in fun tino has been taking part in a kickabout in moscow before football's world bodies congress on wednesday at member nations are expected to vote on the host for the twenty eight twenty six world cup already are going to shift sums up what the two competing bids are offering. the joint u.s. mexico and canada bid to host the twenty twenty six world cup looks like a done deal at least on paper the north american bids sole rival morocco barely passed the fee for the valuation scoring two point seven overall against four say games and accommodation in morocco were considered high risk the african country would need to invest a whopping sixteen billion dollars into infrastructure to host that event and the projected revenue of the north american world cup is two times bigger. the twenty twenty six bid is well presented and strong in terms of government commitments but would need to newly build most of its tournament related and going to infrastructure the united twenty twenty six bid o

is exactly a week to go before the world cup kicks off in russia fever president giani inventiveness is tournament officials are ready to address any issues of racism or discrimination if they happen just last month football's world governing body fined russia thirty thousand dollars for racist abuse and fringe players and infant tina says referees at the world cup will have the power to stop matches if that happens again when it comes to discrimination would have clear procedures in place to fight discrimination including a three step process by the referees who can stop suspended you can abandon a match in case of discrimination we have a monitoring system including then immediate disciplinary sanctions if something would happen obviously wish that this doesn't happen and everyone is warned that if it happens this will have serious consequences meanwhile european champions portugal are putting the finishing touches to their preparations they were given a rousing sendoff by the country's president in lisbon who called them the best among the best that's despite failing to get past t

the current fee for president giani infancy no was not personally involved in the decision to award the world cups to either russia who will host in twenty twenty two so my suspicion was that perhaps to put his own touch of this tournament he has made his very own pet project and once a fee for headquarters in syria to ask him whether that was the case. the president the fever instead using a balance of the world cup can you guarantee that it's going to be a success and will be a success definitely it will be a success because there will never be a correct decision which would be changed into a wrong decision but there will be wrong decisions which will be corrected into a right decision so there are only upsides there are no downsides i don't understand why you have to be so perfect in the game do we really want that well we want to be as fair as possible and again that's why i always would need referees. referees there to take a decision hopefully the right decision when. one one one something is coming through which is not in accordance with the laws of the game so . if a gay. game i

supporting these countries when they don't support us including at the united nations today's feed on the gianiin frontin as rain is going through a massive reforms and one of them is that the decision on who gets the world cup will be made through an open public vote by all member associations it leaves one to wonder if trump had that in mind when he tried to bully the countries into a voting for the us. alexi russia ski r.t. and the thought about this the twenty twenty six world cup is going to be the biggest since the tournament began in one nine hundred thirty it's going to consist of forty eight teams that sixteen more than the current format football consultant and former fee for communications director walter did gregorio earlier told collin bray is expectations for the vote today. is it easier to try and host this massive tournament in place or does it make more sense to try and absolutely absolutely want to and this would be kind of the yawn a factor in our the need to go to morocco already when you have one single country but different states it is very complicated and you can imagine

is exactly a week to go before the world cup kicks off in russia fever president giani inventiveness is tournament officials are ready to address any issues of racism or discrimination if they happen just last month football's world governing body fined russia thirty thousand dollars for racist abuse and fringe players and infant tina says referees at the world cup will have the power to stop matches if that happens again when it comes to discrimination would have clear procedures in place to fight discrimination including a three step process by the referees who can stop suspended you can abandon a match in case of discrimination we have a monitoring system including then immediate disciplinary sanctions if something would happen obviously wish that this doesn't happen and everyone is warned that if it happens this will have serious consequences meanwhile european champions portugal are putting the finishing touches to their preparations they were given a rousing sendoff by the country's president in lisbon who called them the best among the best that's despite failing to get past t

president giani in frontino has been taking part in a kick up by to in moscow before the congress of football's world body meets on that whedon's the aleutian important reason for that because member states are expected to vote on the host for the twenty twenty six world cup ortiz alexy on a chef ski sums up what the two competing bids are offering. the joint u.s. mexico and canada bid to host the twenty twenty six world cup looks like a done deal at least on paper the north american bids sole rival morocco barely passed the feat as a valuation scoring two point seven overall against for savings and accommodation in morocco were considered high risk the african country would need to invest a whopping sixteen billion dollars into infrastructure to host that event and the projected revenue of the north american world cup is two times bigger. the morocco twenty twenty six bid is well presented and strong in terms of government commitments but would need to build most of its tournament related and going to infrastructure the united twenty twenty six bid on the other hand has promising le

we be supporting these countries when they don't support us including at the united nations today's giani in frontin as rain is going through a massive reforms and one of them is that the decision on who gets the world cup will be made through an open public vote by all member associations leaders want to wonder if trump had that in mind when he tried to bully the countries into a voting for the us election russia ski r.t. here's why it's a big deal the twenty twenty six world cup will be the biggest since the totem began in one nine hundred thirty it'll consist of forty eight teams at sixteen more than the current format football consultant and former fifa communications director walter to gregorio gave me his expectations for wednesday's vote. is it easier to try and host this massive tournament in place or does it make more sense to try and absolutely absolutely want when this would be kind of your only factor nor the need to go to morocco already when you have one single country but different states it's very complicated and you can imagine if you have three different legal systems in

watched the match alongside the saudi crown prince mohammed bin silent as well as the fee for president giani him from tino the victory margin for the jose singh came as a bit of a surprise russia and saudi arabia of the two lowest ranked sides at the tournament . well a round of face with the world cup on friday back home fans and aspiring football is a finding ways around sanctions to keep their passions going. from tehran. even before their first game iran's world cup players were in the headlines not for heroics on the field but because nike stopped supplying them with shoes citing american sanctions but even if nike wanted to run eons to stop wearing them they're still just doing it anyways this is sports this is football there is nothing to do with politics and that's quite something quite irrelevant the sanctions whatever it's not going to go into the field of sports you can see iranian people are wearing nike and maybe it's a kind of popular brand but i guess many people have a second thought about it because this is not really fair and this is not fair play win or lose he said iran's

supporting these countries when they don't support us including at the united nations today's on the giani in frontino this rain is going through a massive reforms and one of them is that the decision on who gets the world cup will be made through an open public vote by all member associations it leaves one to wonder if trump had that in mind when he tried to bully the countries into a voting for the us alexy russia skee r.t. a literally twenty six world cup will be the biggest since the tournament began in one thousand thirty and will consist of forty eight teams sixteen more than the current format football consultant and former fifa communications director was gregorio earlier talk on break his expectations for the vote. is it easier to try and host this massive tournament in that place or does it make more sense to try and absolutely absolutely want to and this would be kind of your only factor in our the need to go to morocco already when you have one single country but different states it is very complicated and you can imagine if you have three different legal systems in all. it's f

supporting these countries when they don't support us including at the united nations today is the giani in frontin as rain is going through a massive reforms and one of them is that the decision on who gets the world cup will be made through an open public vote by all member associations it leaves one to wonder if trump had that in mind when he tried to bully the countries into a voting for the us. alexi russia ski r.t. just in no doubt that congress will they choose who's going to host the twenty twenty six world cup president bush is going to be there live within we think probably about forty minutes time as when that happens we should be in another program by then but if the pictures are good will but into it and bring in those pictures of putin addressing the people who are going to be picking who's taking the big world cup in twenty twenty six and talking of which is going to be the biggest since the total began in one hundred thirty it's going to consist of forty eight teams sixteen more than the current format for consultant and former fee for communications director water do gre