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Tournament Morocco: World Cups and Mexico City

tournament morocco: The evaluation of bids is more stringent following concerns about the votes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, and rights abuses in Russia and Qatar.FIFA mandated 2026 bidders to commission and submit independent human rights reports that weigh risks linked to the tournament, according to Vancouver Courier. Morocco has denied repeated requests from The Associated Press to release its report. Mexico City is the first stop on a five-day trip by the FIFA task force, which also will visit Atlanta, Toronto and the New York metropolitan area, where the bid committee proposed the 2026 final be held at East Rutherford, New Jersey.article continues below Trending StoriesCTV Vancouver parts ways with Tamara Taggart and Mike Killeen What the thunder Why we hear it so seldom in VancouverB.C.'s alcohol retailers want option to sell cannabis Vancouver campus is Yorkville University's first The FIFA delegation will score the rival Moroccan bid the following week before delivering assessments, which could disqualify a contender ahead of the June 13 vote in Moscow by the FIFA congress. The North American document, prepared by human rights assessors Ergon, stated the likelihood of worker abuses is significantly reduced in the U.S., Canada and Mexico because no stadiums or significant additional infrastructure must be built. But Ergon identified key risks associated with Mexico hosting 10 of the 80 games in 2026 in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, which the bid has proposed solutions to address. Morocco, by contrast, plans 15.8 billion in construction projects to prepare the country for what would be its first World Cup, including 3 billion to build or renovate every stadium or training facility. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.