Monthly Archives: October 2010
England withdraw Russian complaint
England’s 2018 World Cup bid team are to withdraw their complaint over comments made from the Russian bid following an apology from their rivals. Russian bid leader Alexei Sorokin had angered England’s campaigners following remarks over the level of crime … Continue reading
FIFA to clamp down on bribery
FIFA has stated that they will not accept any unethical behaviour in the lead up to the announcement of the 2018 and 2022 hosts in December. The announcement comes shortly after former general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen was filmed appearing to … Continue reading
Spain/Portugal and Qatar deny allegations
Spain/Portugal and Qatar have both denied claims that they have struck an agreement to sell their votes to eachother in the upcoming 2018 and 2022 bid decision day. Former FIFA general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen had claimed on film that 2018 … Continue reading
England make Russian complaint
England’s 2018 bid team have launched a formal complaint to FIFA following comments made by the head of the Russian bid team about London. Alexei Sorokin, who is the leader of the Russia 2018 bid, was quoted as criticising high … Continue reading
Russian campaign leader attacks England’s bid
Russian bid leader Alexis Sorokin has launched a stunning unprovoked attack on England’s 2018 World Cup bid with the victors set to be announced in just over a month. Sorokin, who made his comments in a Russian newspaper, criticised high … Continue reading
Vote scandal will “not hurt England”
A senior FIFA official has stated that the Sunday Times capturing undercover footage of a voting scandal will not affect England’s 2018 World Cup bid. FIFA president Sepp Blatter mentioned that the incident had produced a “very negative impact” on … Continue reading
FIFA launches investigation into vote selling allegations
FIFA have announced that they are investing claims from the Sunday Times that two members of the 24 man executive 2018/22 World Cup voting committee were prepared to sell their votes for money. Amos Adamu, president of the West African Football … Continue reading
2018/22 inspection reports delayed
FIFA have confirmed that their reports on the nine countries bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be delayed for around a fortnight. The countries initially expected to hear from FIFA by the end of October but they … Continue reading
England withdraw 2022 World Cup bid
England have officially announced their withdrawel from the 2022 World Cup bidding ensuring that the tournament will go to either America, Asia or Australia. The announcement doesn’t come as much of a surprise following the USA pulling out of the … Continue reading
USA withdraws from 2018 race
The United States of America have pulled out of the race for the 2018 World Cup in order to focus their attentions on landing the 2022 tournament. As a result, Europe are now guaranteed to host the 2018 event with England, … Continue reading
