By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
December 3 – After the night of the long knives for England’s vanquished 2018 World Cup bid, the post-mortems intensified today when campaign leader Andy Anson renewed his attack on FIFA”s bidding process.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
December 3 – Tottenham Hotspur today ruled out holding a referendum among its supporters to see if they back a proposed move to the Olympic Stadium in East London.
By David Owen in Zurich
December 3 – FIFA does not reveal how individual Executive Committee members cast their votes.
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By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
December 2 – Cometh the hour, cometh Vladimir Putin. Well a few hours late, to be precise.
By David Owen in Zurich
December 2 – Money, money, money – Qatar’s audacious yet hugely well-resourced bid could not have won the 2022 World Cup without it.
By David Owen in Zurich
December 2 – The Spanish bid chief executive officer Miguel Ángel López was part right: all the fish WERE sold – only not to the Spanish.
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I said last month that England had a snowball’s chance in hell of winning the 2018 World Cup finals, but it gives me no satisfaction to have been proved right.
I thought Russia winning the 2018 finals was a fait accompli. And Qatar getting the 2022 finals will be devastating for the US domestic game. FIFA have clearly taken a decision to take their finals further afield.
England had the best presentation –
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
December 2 – So much for top-ranked technical and evaluation reports, Princes and Prime Ministers, an impeccable final presentation, words of commendation from FIFA President Sepp Blatter, history and tradition.
By Duncan Mackay in Zurich
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
December 2 – Qatar were awarded the 2022 World Cup by FIFA’s Executive Committee, it was announced here today.
By Duncan Mackay in Zurich
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
December 2 – Russia were awarded the 2018 World Cup as England were knocked out in the first round of voting here today.
By David Owen in Zurich
December 2 – Hosting the World Cup would help Russians in their quest to build a new country and overcome the difficulties they faced in the 20th century, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov told FIFA today, as Russia brought down the curtain on an intensive two days of bid presentations.
By Mihir Bose in Zurich
December 2 – Ricardo Teixeria the FIFA executive member from Brazil, whose vote could decide the hosts for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, faces a date in court back home.
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In one corner of the room in one of Switzerland’s plushest hotels, the unmistakable figure of Chuck Blazer, FIFA’s Tweeting Executive Committee member, holds court.
On the other side of a large Christmas tree, a Boys’ Own triumvirate of David Beckham, Gary Lineker and Fabio Capello cluster around a small coffee table.
Nearby, English Premier League boss Richard Scudamore has been doing his bit, engaging the Asian Football Confederation chairman and Qatari ExCo member Mohamed Bin Hammam in earnest conversation for quite some time.