The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Football Federation has set its sights on the ASEAN region "jointly hosting the 2034 World Cup." Malaysian Youth & Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said that the 10 ASEAN nations that attended the ASEAN ministerial meeting on Sports in Kuala Lumpur "have agreed to conduct a feasibility study." The report of the study will be submitted to all ASEAN countries for approval before a joint organizing committee is "set up to look at the bidding process." Khairy: "For 10 nations to host the prestigious World Cup might not be accepted by FIFA, the world governing body for football. I was made to understand that FIFA may consider the possibility of four host nations. That too will depend on FIFA's approval" (INSIDE WORLD FOOTBALL, 8/14). ... The MotoGP championship will return to the Brno circuit for the Czech Grand Prix next season, after a new five-year deal was officially announced. Brno first hosted Grand Prix motorcycle racing in '65. But with "two new rounds poised to join the calendar" in '16 -- Austria, at the Red Bull Ring, and Chile, at the Autodromo Internacional de Codegua -- the Czech venue had been "thought to be vulnerable." A fresh agreement "has been nonetheless reached between series promoter Dorna Sports and the local authorities" that guarantees Brno will remain on the MotoGP schedule until at least '20 (MOTORSPORT, 8/16).
