South American nations launch 2030 World Cup bid

Montevideo, Aug 3 (UNI) A joint South American bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup represents “the dream of an entire continent,” the region’s top football official said on Tuesday. The comments came as Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile officially launched their candidacy to stage the centenary edition of football’s showpiece tournament at a ceremony in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo. “This is the dream of a continent,” Alejandro Dominguez, the president of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), told a news conference at Estadio Centenario, which staged the first World Cup final in 1930. “South America understands that football has to recognize tradition. There will be more World Cups, but 100 years’ anniversaries only occur once. This is the iconic place where (World Cup) history started.”