Football fever grips Chandigarh as host Russian Federation take on Saudi Arabia

England are reportedly in a strong position to be awarded the World Cup in 2030 following the announcement for the 2026 tournament on Wednesday.

The hosts Brazil absolutely dismantled the Mexicans in the opener, scoring as many as four goals, which included two goals for tournament top-scorer Ademir.

This is a 50% increase, up from 32 countries for the past several World Cups.

Andrew Beaton at the Wall Street Journal estimated the total distance traveled for each team in the tournament based on their base camp and the locations of their three matches of the group stage.

“We will be cheering for Brazil winning a record sixth World Cup title this time”, said 11-year-old Anshu Dhhaterwal, a football trainee at the Chandigarh Football and Hockey Academy (CFHA), Sector 42 Sports Complex.

The announcement comes as the 2018 World Cup is set to start on Thursday in Russian Federation.

Maradona managed Argentina’s national team during an unsuccessful period from 2008 to 2010.

And despite the United States not fielding a team in the World Cup, fans are making the best of it.

Brazil being the top of that tree, with Neymar and co. coming through an impressive qualification campaign after Tite took over and looking primed to erase that terrible day in the 2014 World Cup, when Germany thumped them 7-1 in the last-four. We need to show up to the games, but we have everything in place.

Below are the probabilities that each team will win.

But all in all, this is after all the World Cup and it’s anybody’s game.

Morocco, that promised “a European style World Cup”, once left the African Union before coming back. This year’s tournament in Russian Federation, at a time when it is back in geopolitical focus, will be followed by the World Cup making both – its maiden foray to West Asia in Qatar and a statement loaded with political undertones.

Argentina and France get their World Cup campaigns under way on Saturday while Germany and Brazil close in on their opening games a day later.