With only weeks to go before the Fifa World Cup kicks off in North America, broadcasters in India and China , home to 2.8 billion people between them, are yet to secure rights to show it, raising the prospect of the world’s biggest sporting event going dark in two of its most populous countries. The 48-team tournament starts on 11 June with Mexico playing South Africa at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City in the first of 104 matches. The organiser, Fifa , says it has broadcasting agreements in more than 175 territories but China and India are not among them, and neither are Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, or Myanmar. In India, a joint venture between Reliance and Disney offered $20m for the tournament’s TV rights but, according to Reuters, Fifa initially sought $100m before reducing its asking price. Sony expressed interest but did not submit a formal proposal. In China, state broadcaster CCTV, which showed the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, was yet to strike a deal.…