CASABLANCA, Morocco — FIFA’s inspection of Morocco’s 2026 World Cup plans ended with questions about the quality of stadiums and a demand for more details from the bid ahead of a second unexpected examination of infrastructure. A task force deployed from FIFA HQ in Zurich spent three days surveying stadiums, hotels, training camps, and other World Cup sites in Marrakech, Agadir, Tangier, and Casablanca. FIFA officials “made some remarks on the conditions of some of the stadiums,” Elalamy said. “Communication between Morocco and FIFA was very weak, extremely limited,” Elalamy said. “Now, we have adopted an open dialogue so that we can improve the quality of our bid book.”——More AP World Cup coverage: http://www.apnews.com/tag/WorldCup

Source: National Post April 20, 2018 19:52 UTC