World Cup 2018 Posts
Disappointing – but why shouldn't Russia host the World Cup?
Following the 2018 bid announcement was a bit like watching a soap opera. I wasn't sure if the Ashes had actually been suspended on Thursday the way Sky Sports News went on. Tuning in was like sticking on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here – who will be voted off tonight? Join Sepp Blatter to find out … it was all set up to be very enthralling. Entertainment, or sport? I was left a little unsure.
World Cup 2018: The men who betrayed England and why they did it
The morning after the night before, the shell‑shocked England 2018 chief executive, Andy Anson, shakes his head as he attempts to unpick why their core vote collapsed. "I still find it hard to understand what happened," he said. "I'm not going to beat around the bush – individual members promised to vote for us and didn't, clearly."
'I want nothing more to do with Fifa' – acting FA chairman quits
Roger Burden, the acting Football Association chairman, will not take the job full‑time in protest at the "night of the long knives" in Zurich that left England's 2018 World Cup bid in tatters with only two votes. Amid signs that the catastrophic outcome for the bid could spiral into yet another crisis for the FA, which has been without a full‑time chairman since Lord Triesman was forced to resign in April, he lashed out last night at Fifa and the decision‑making process.
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Why England's World Cup 2018 bid was doomed
England 2018 spent £17m of the Football Association's money for the one extra vote it gained in Zurich. But despite the expense, despite the indignity, it was not the fault of the participants but the process.
World Cup 2018: England's five lucky escapes
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Retreat and revenge: England's options after their 2018 World Cup snub
A speech bubble expressing Fifa's thoughts about England would read: "We don't like you. Go away and don't come back."
England now in danger of falling off the radar altogether
On the eve of the 1974 World Cup Stanley Rous lost the Fifa presidency to the Brazilian João Havelange, who had been busy wooing third world votes. As a bemused Rous left the hall in Frankfurt a reporter asked him why he had been ousted. "You'd better ask them in there," he replied. England's World Cup bid team in Zurich could have said the same thing after being humiliated in their efforts to host the next tournament but one. Presentations mean nothing without political nous, and where the latter is concerned England are the Candides of world football.
World Cup 2018: Fifa sticks together and damns the British media
Fifa executive committee members confirmed tonight that the lingering backlash against the British media following explosive corruption allegations had counted against England and contributed to the bid team's humiliating defeat in the race to host the 2018 World Cup.
World Cup 2018: Spain's emotions range from perplexed to angry
Jaime Lissavetzky said it best. "I am getting used to losing," the Spanish sports minister shrugged sadly.
World Cup 2018: England's failure prompts anger and astonishment
There was bewilderment, disappointment and anger after England missed out on the 2018 World Cup to Russia.
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