FIFA has opened bids for the US rights to the 2030 World Cup. Fox showed the 2026 tournament in English, and bids close on 19 November.
5 of 9In five of nine sales of TV rights to big tournaments since 2011, the channel that had them lost them, including ESPN to Fox in the US twice. Four times it kept them, three of those in Britain.
If FIFA picks a 2030 US World Cup channel by 31 Dec, will Fox lose?
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In seven of nine World Cup years a player from the champion team won the Ballon d'Or. Both misses went to the beaten finalist.
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England have won most of their World Cup meetings with Argentina, but only one of the three knockout ties.
Most recent Golden Boot winners never scored in a final, and three added nothing after the quarter-finals.
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Only two reigning European champions went on to win the World Cup. Four more reached the final; most exited earlier.
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The quarter-final is where England's tournaments usually end, though they have climbed it twice since 1990.
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Maiden quarter-finals this century have almost always ended there. Morocco in 2022 reached the semi-finals.
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In every recent World Cup knockout rematch the winner of the first meeting won again. France beat Morocco in 2022.
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The DFB has named a successor within six weeks whenever the exit was a crisis. Only the planned handover took longer.
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