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\"footballIstanbul: The government of Turkey and the Turkish Football Federation on Wednesday announced the country’s candidacy to host the UEFA 2024 European Football Championship.<\/p>\n

Federation President Yildirim Demiroren announced that Turkey will on March 2 submit its candidacy to host the championship, reports Efe.<\/p>\n

He stressed that Turkey is the only country in Europe and the world that has invested in 32 football stadiums in recent years, believing that Turkey and its people deserve the honour of hosting the world’s third-biggest sporting event.<\/p>\n

At the event held to announce Turkey intentions, Sports Minister Akif Cagatay Kilic said this step was taken with support from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.<\/p>\n

Read more: Three Spanish clubs at home in Europa League<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Only Turkey and Germany have announced their interest in hosting the event so far.<\/p>\n

The deadline for submitting candidacies expires on March 3, while European football governing body UEFA will announce the winning bid in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Federation President Yildirim Demiroren announced that Turkey will on March 2 submit its candidacy to host the championship, reports Efe.<\/p>\n

He stressed that Turkey is the only country in Europe and the world that has invested in 32 football stadiums in recent years, believing that Turkey and its people deserve the honour of hosting the world’s third-biggest sporting event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[12975,466,21394,21393,21395],"class_list":["post-33367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-turkish-football-federation","tag-uefa-2024-european-football-championship","tag-yildirim-demiroren"],"yoast_head":"\nTurkey confirms bid to host 2024 European Football Championship - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33367\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Turkey confirms bid to host 2024 European Football Championship - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News & Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis & Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Istanbul: The government of Turkey and the Turkish Football Federation on Wednesday announced the country's candidacy to host the UEFA 2024 European Football Championship. 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