Why Nigeria may return to Atlanta after 30 years since historic Olympics triumph i

The world soccer governing physique on Thursday launched a listing of cities to host the 2026 World Cup with the positioning of Nigeria’s 1996 Olympics success additionally part of them

The Dream Workforce picked up a Gold medal on the Atlanta 96 Olympics defeating Brazil and Argentina to arguably the best world feat in Nigeria’s soccer historical past.

With the Tremendous Eagles’ absence on the 2022, World Cup confirmed after lacking out on the ticket to Ghana, the main target is on the subsequent World Cup in 4 years’ time.

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The USA, Mexico and Canada will come collectively to host North America’s first World Cup since 1994.

Sixteen host cities have been chosen and eleven of them are in the US. Venue of the 1996 Olympics, Atlanta can also be one of many cities to host the World Cup.

Different cities chosen are; Boston, Dallas, Guadalajara, Houston, Kansas Metropolis, Los Angeles, Mexico Metropolis, Miami, Monterrey, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Space, Seattle, and Canadian cities, Toronto and Vancouver.

The 2026 World Cup will see 48 groups compete for locations and 9 of them will come from Africa from the same old 5.