RIYADH – Hammad Albalawi, head of Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup bid, stated that the country has made significant progress in human rights while aiming to attract “more fans than ever” to the 48-team showpiece event.

Get ready, football fans—another World Cup scheduling drama is on the horizon. The 2034 tournament, set to be hosted by Saudi Arabia, might kick off 10 months earlier

FIFA World Cup bid evaluation report has, remarkably, awarded Saudi Arabia’s bid for the 2034 World Cup the joint highest bidding score ever. Human rights groups, however, have slammed FIFA for “whitewashing” the country’s human rights record and called out glossing over environmental concerns.

Reacting to FIFA’s evaluation of Saudi Arabia’s bid for the 2034 men’s World Cup, Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s Head of Labour Rights and Sport

World Cup, which is set to be held in Saudi Arabia, is in talks to move its traditional summer date to January as the country wishes to avoid a clash with the Ramadan period

Saudi Arabia is set to stage a winter World Cup in 2034 after a FIFA evaluation report highlighted the likelihood of the competition being played "between October-April."

Saudi Arabia set to host 2034 World Cup after Fifa approves human rights record - Middle Eastern nation deemed to be ‘medium risk’ over human rights record

World Cup in Saudi Arabia back-to-back with the 2034 Salt Lake City Winter Games would pose "no risk" to the Olympics, a senior IOC official

FIFA accused of ‘astonishing whitewash’ over Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup bid ► Subscribe to Sky Sports News: ► Watch Sky Sports: FIFA have been accused of an 'astonishing whitewash' by Amnesty International over Saudi Arabia's 2034 World Cup bid.