England 2018 bid chief executive Andy Anson has warned the nation that there is no point in England bidding for any future tournaments unless FIFA undergoes a radical voting reform. Anson, who witnessed England receive a paltry two votes in Zurich yesterday, stated that a regime with 22 members was far too unreliable. He said: [...]

The five countries campaigning to win the 2022 World Cup made their final pledge to host the event on Wednesday afternoon. Australia, Qatar, Japan, South Korea and the USA had some famous faces out in force for the presentations that can make such a big difference to the final vote. Former president Bill Clinton was supporting [...]

England’s 2018 World Cup bid was given a much needed boost as it was revealed that a 23rd voter from Oceania, who looks favourably upon the England bid, will likely be drafted in to replace the suspended Reynald Temarii. David Chung, acting president of the OFC and from Papua New Guinea, will travel to Zurich ahead [...]

Qatar’s ambitious bid to host the 2022 World Cup has suffered a setback after FIFA regarded their strategy as high risk just weeks before the hosts are revealed. The hot weather during the summer months in Qatar seems to be the major stumbling point as there is no logical solution to minimise the temperature during [...]

England’s chances of hosting the 2018 World Cup have been slightly boosted as previous outsiders Australia have withdrawn. The Aussies had been rumoured to have considered pulling out for some time as FIFA are said to favour a return to Europe for the 2018 event. However, they will still be bidding for the 2022 tournament. [...]

Former football federation Australia boss John O’Neill believes that Australia will miss out on the 2018 World Cup but are destined to land the 2022 tournament. He said: ”I think they will win 2022. My personal view is that 2018 may well have to go back to Europe for financial reasons. The one thing about FIFA [...]

World Cup bidders Australia will not be frozen out of their campaign to stage the 2018 tournament according to FIFA President Sepp Blatter. Blatters remarks come following his controversial claims days before that Europe should be the only cotinent able to bid to host the 2018 World Cup. As a result, the non european nations [...]

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 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 [...]

Australia’s flailing bid to host the 2018 World Cup has received a much needed boost with the government claiming that they will control the key elements of the bid and look to eradicate the problems which have halted the country to date. Kate Ellis, the Australian Minister for Sport, stated that the government will establish [...]