FIFA警告特朗普 別用政治干預世界盃申辦!
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted a threat to countries opposing North America's bid to host the 2026 World Cup -- and the global soccer organization FIFA promptly pointed to ethics rules prohibiting any nation from wielding "undue influence."
美國總統唐納德·特朗普在推特上對那些反對北美申辦2026年世界盃的國家進行了威脅,對此,國際足球組織FIFA迅速做出警告,禁止任何國家對申辦行使不正當影響。The U.S. has presented a joint bid with Mexico and Canada for the right to host the world's biggest sporting event. Morocco has issued a competing bid.
美國已與墨西哥和加拿大提出聯合申辦這一世界上最大的體育賽事。而摩洛哥也已發出競標。The World Cup host will be announced on June 13 after a vote by all FIFA member nations.
世界盃的主辦方將於6月13日在所有國際足聯成員國投票後對外公佈。
Last Thursday, Trump touted America's "strong bid" to host the event -- and appeared to threaten that the U.S. might withdraw "support" from countries that lobby against it.
上週四,特朗普揚言美國“誓要”主辦此項賽事,並且威脅稱,美國可能會向那些反對它的國家撤回“支持”。Several European nations -- including Russia, France and Belgium -- have already announced their support for Morocco. The country will also be backed by other African nations, which hold a significant percentage of FIFA votes, according to ESPN.
包括俄羅斯、法國和比利時在內的幾個歐洲國家已經宣佈支持摩洛哥。根據ESPN的數據,摩洛哥也將得到其他非洲國家的支持,而這些國家擁有相當比例的國際足聯選票。Morocco also has the backing of several South American and Asian nations. In addition, the governments of the Caribbean nations St. Lucia and Dominica have pledged support for Morocco.
而摩洛哥還得到了幾個南美和亞洲國家的支持。此外,加勒比國家聖盧西亞和多米尼加也已承諾將支持摩洛哥。The U.S. won't be playing in the World Cup competition in Russia this summer because its men's team wasn't strong enough to advance.
美國今年夏天將不會參加俄羅斯世界盃比賽,因爲他們的男足國家隊並沒有進軍決賽圈的足夠的實力。