Fifa President Sepp Blatter has revealed that a deal is being discussed where only European nations will be able to bid for the 2018 World Cup. If the agreement is implemented, it will mean that only England, Russia, Spain/Portugal and Belgium/Holland will be able to bid for the tournament in 2018. Other bidders such as [...]

The England 2018 World Cup bid has found an unlikely ally in former Argentina goal machine Gabriel Batistuta. The ex Florentina hitman is now a representative of Qatar’s 2022 campaign after ending his career with successful club side Al-Arabi. In various interviews, Batistuta has claimed that he hopes England win the 2018 bid to avoid [...]

The success of the England 2018 World Cup bid could determine whether or not West Ham United will complete a ground move to the 2012 Olympic stadium in the future. New Hammers owners David Gold and David Sullivan are keen on relocating to the £537 million venue in Stratford. However, the move is far from simple with [...]

England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup has recruited a new ambassador in the figure of former Newcastle, Spurs and France midfielder David Ginola. The player joins various other overseas personality including John Obi Mikel, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, Ossie Ardiles and many more. Ginola’s role as an ambassador will be to support the bid team [...]

The United States have announced the 18 host cities that could host matches if the country’s 2018 or 2022 bid is successful. After an eight month selection process, the following cities were chosen: Atlanta, San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas, Seattle, Denver, Tampa, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Nashville, Kansas City, Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Boston and [...]

Nottingham’s plans to be a host city for the 2018 World Cup have taken a significant step forward as Rushcliffe councillors reluctantly proposed the Gamston site for development. The planned 45,000 capacity stadium, which is set to be the home of Nottingham Forest, is due to be built on land at Gamston alongside a scheme [...]

Australia have announced that they will be travelling to the African congress in Angola despite Qatar denying them the opportunity to give a presentation. There had been rumours that Australia would boycott the event after Qatar moved quickly to sponsor the congress which meant that only they were permitted to present their bid to the [...]

The English 2018 bid team are to travel to Angola in a bid to appeal to the four key African voters who will decide which nations will be hosting the 2018 and 2022 World Cup. However, the FA will have to tread carefully after tensions were raised following Phil Brown’s comments that the 2010 World [...]

Wimbledon Independent Supporters Association have claimed that they are ready to take their battle against Milton Keynes being used as World Cup venue to FIFA. Fans of Wimbledon are dismayed that the FA chose the controversial Milton Keynes host city bid to be a part of the England 2018 World Cup campaign. Simon Wheeler, chairman of WISA, [...]

The England 2018 bid team has decided against becoming involved in the recent row over promotion opportunities at the Confederation of African Football congress, that follows the African Nations this month. The dispute comes after 2022 bidders Qatar have sealed a sponsorship deal with CAF that gives them exclusive rights to present their bid to [...]