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The 2026 World Cup promised to be the biggest celebration of football – 48 teams, three host countries and stadiums packed with record crowds. - (Photo by Austin Johnson / AFP)

Screenshot of video footage showing clip captured members of the Uruguayan squad waiting beside their team bus while officials carried out security screenings on suitcases lined up along the roadside. - Thread/ @cupidfc

A general view of FIFA World Cup 2026 signage at Kansas City Stadium. Photo by AFP

Messi and Ronaldo are also on course to make history as the first players ever to feature in six editions of the World Cup, dating back to 2006 in Germany. Edited via Canva. Photo: AFP/Reuters

Neymar (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)

Neymar, who is Brazil's all-time leading scorer with 79 goals in 128 games, said he felt let down by people close to him but did not provide details. (Photo by NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP)

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup nearing, 29 of 48 slots, including co-hosts Canada, Mexico and the US, are already filled. Photo: X

Uruguay's Argentine head coach Marcelo Bielsa watches his players from the touchline during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Chile and Uruguay at the Julio Martinez Pradanos Nacional stadium in Santiago on September 9, 2025. (Photo by Rodrigo ARANGUA / AFP)

Former Germany coach Joachim Löw has criticised the proposal to extend the World Cup to 64 teams in 2030. (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP)

This is the first time that Conmebol leaders have presented the proposal directly to Infantino after it was first introduced in March by a delegate from Uruguay during an online meeting of the FIFA Council. - AFP photo