South Africa has expressed their interest in hosting the 2021 Fifa Club World Cup after Japan pulled out owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The latter recently hosted the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, but has now opted to back out from staging another global event.
With Fifa in the market for a new host, South African Football Association (Safa) president Dr Danny Jordaan has confirmed that the Southern African country is interested in hosting the Club World Cup.
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The administrator is expected to formally express Safa's interest when he meets Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura in Lagos, Nigeria.