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NAmerica touts 'risk averse' World Cup bid amid Trump issues

LONDON (AP) - With barely four months until FIFA votes on the 2026 World Cup host, Morocco got round to launching its bid on Tuesday.

There's now a campaign logo and social presence but still few details of how the North African nation will stage the first World Cup after the leap from 32 to 48 teams.

Far more active is the rival joint bid from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, which was staging a simultaneous event in London on the latest leg of a nine-month-old campaign.

During the near-silence from Moroccan soccer officials, their North American counterparts have been dogged throughout by questions about the impact of inflammatory remarks by U.