South America’s 2030 World Cup soccer bid seeks to rise above political tensions in the region

The bid by four South American countries to host soccer's 2030 World Cup will stay intact until next year regardless of political tensions in the region, a top team bid official says. Michael Boys, the executive secretary of the bid of Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile, said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday that he and his team will approach only politicians who are already in office to discuss plans to host the centennial World Cup in seven years. The South American proposal will be unveiled to FIFA in October in a process that was delayed so soccer’s governing body could better access data from its latest World Cup in Qatar last year.