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France in U20 World Cup semifinals
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 07 - 07 - 2013

ISTANBUL — France defeated Uzbekistan 4-0 to reach the semifinals of the Under-20 World Cup Saturday, cementing its status as one of the tournament favorites.
Yaya Sanogo scored in the 31st, and Paul Pogba and Florian Thauvin both added goals from the penalty spot to give France a 3-0 halftime lead.
A diving header from defender Kurt Zouma in the 64th made it 4-0 for France, which beat host Turkey 4-1 in the previous round.
France will next play Ghana or Chile, who play their quarterfinal Sunday.
France dominated the match from the start but put less pressure on Uzbekistan in the second half. Uzbekistan right back Tohirjon Shamshitdinov was sent off for a second booking in the 65th.
FIFA wants Argentina and
Uruguay host 2030 World Cup
FIFA wants the centenary World Cup in 2030 to be jointly staged by Uruguay and Argentina, who met in the final of the inaugural tournament, Argentine FA (AFA) president Julio Grondona said Thursday.
In 1930, Uruguay, the then double Olympic champion, beat Argentina 4-2 in the showpiece match at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo in front of a crowd of more than 80,000.
“FIFA wishes to celebrate the World Cup's 100 years in Argentina and Uruguay, I can confirm that,” said Grondona, the senior vice-president of world soccer's governing body.
“(An agreement) has been signed by the two associations (AFA and Uruguay's AUF). What will we do?... We'll see but surely something of quality,” Grondona told Argentina's Radio 10.
The only co-hosted World Cup Finals so far were organised by Japan and South Korea in 2002.
Any future joint bid must have one organizing committee, unlike the 2002 Asian World Cup which had separate Japanese and Korean committees.
The 2014 Finals are being held in Brazil, Russia won the vote for the 2018 tournament and Qatar, a tiny nation with no soccer pedigree and extremely high temperatures in mid-year, was controversially chosen to stage the 2022 tournament.
A joint Argentine-Uruguayan bid for 2030 is backed by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL).
Uruguay's Tourism and Sports ministry formally approached FIFA president Sepp Blatter at the start of the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa to propose the joint bid.
Blatter has since said on several occasions, especially during visits to Latin America, that he liked the idea of the centenary tournament being held by Uruguay and Argentina. However, the voting system has changed since controversy surrounded the decision to award the finals to Russia and Qatar. — Agencies


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