Hosting the World Fiction Thanks to Cathy Wilcox for

Thanks to Cathy Wilcox for the use of her illustration in the cover design

fans and competition benefited - or

and shared glory

but who never lost touch with his love of the game as a fan

Hosting the World Fiction Thanks to Cathy Wilcox forWhat does it actually take to host the world? Winning the right to stage a FIFA World Cup, an Olympic Games or a Commonwealth Games is just the beginning. The real work the politics, the planning, the pressure, the sheer operational complexity of delivering at global scale is what this book is about. James Johnson has been in that room. As CEO of Football Australia, he led the delivery of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup across Australia and New