ASTANA Men's Nike Air Max 97 KPU All Black UK , Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan plans to bid for the 2026 football World Cup, the outgoing head of the country's football federation, Adilbek Zhaksybekov, told local media Saturday.
The Asian Winter Games took place in Almaty and the 2017 Winter
Universiade will also be held in Almaty.
The 2018 World Cup is being hosted by Russia, with the 2022 World Cup
to be staged in Qatar.
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Fifty years ago, Major League Baseball's All-Star Game was one the highlights of a typical American summer. And while Tuesday's event dominated headlines during this sports-starved time of year, the game's current state leaves much to be desired.
In the early 2000s, interest in the All-Star Game had reached an all-time low. Skyrocketing annual salaries made the single game less financially appealing for players Men's Nike Air Max 97 2017 Retro Sliver UK , and fans who previously craved the opportunity to see players from other cities could easily satisfy that need during the regular season via cable television and interleague play.
An 11-inning tie in 2002, signed off on by then commissioner Bud Selig in his hometown of Milwaukee, proved to be the game's nadir. Afterward, the frumpily persistent Selig negotiated an agreement to award the league whose team won the game (American or -National) home-field advantage for the World Series.
While Selig's intent was clear - -enhancing the game's competitiveness and thus fan appeal - the end result made little sense.
Most of the players in the All-Star Game do not participate in the World Series, so MLB is essentially rewarding one team (the World Series representative) for the actions of players on 14 -others.
More significantly Men's Nike Air Max 360 KPU TPU Black UK , All-Star teams aren't selected in a manner that ensures competitiveness. Each MLB team - no matter how poorly it's performing - must have at least one representative. And the fact that most players are -selected through a fan vote basically turns the whole affair into a high school popularity contest.
MLB has tried to defend its policy by claiming that it is more fair than the previous system, under which World -Series home-field advantage alternated between the two leagues from year to year. League officials are arguing, in -essence, that a dumb system is slightly better than a completely random one.
Professional All-Star Games have evolved to meet the needs of today's fans. Football, basketball and hockey have -created cash-grabbing Men's Nike Air Max 2018 Elite Black Red UK , -lighthearted -exhibitions. As unpleasant as that sounds to a sport steeped heavily in -tradition, it might be time for baseball to do the same.
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