Australia’s World Cup bid team has agreed to compensate rugby league and Australian Rules for the disruption the event would cause their seasons.
Both rival codes have expr...More>
Fifa has set up an ethics committee to make sure the countries competing to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups play fair during the bidding process.
The rules of conduct out...More>
Virgin Atlantic has been named the official airline supplier to the England World Cup squad.
Virgin takes over from rival British Airways, which has flown England to the la...More>
Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has told Columbia it should bid to host the World Cup in 2026.
Influential Warner said he was impressed with how the country was preparing t...More>
Businesses would enjoy a £3.2bn cash windfall if England was awarded the 2018 World Cup, according to a new survey.
The findings come from research by energy company ...More>
South Africa 2010 chief executive Danny Jordaan believes that a successful World Cup this year could lead to the country making an Olympic bid.
Rio de Janeiro will become t...More>
The commercial strength of English football makes England a “low-risk option” to host the 2018 World Cup, it has been claimed.
England 2018 board member Paul Elliott told t...More>
A Chinese factory has been ordered to halt production of the official World Cup mascot because of sub-standard working conditions.
Global Brand Group (GBG), the company tha...More>
The World Cup will have little economic impact on South Africa, a leading researcher has warned.
Dr Udesh Pillay, principal investigator and executive director at the Human...More>
South Africa 2010 chief executive Danny Jordaan has vowed that this year’s competition will generate the most revenue of any World Cup in history.
Jordaan promised that org...More>
Soccer City, the stadium that will host this year’s World Cup Final, has gone 1bn rand ($133m) over budget, it has emerged.
Johannesburg city councilman Parks Tau admitted ...More>
Sony Ericsson will sponsor Absolute Radio's Summer of Football podcasts and radio shows starring David Baddiel and Frank Skinner.
The agreement is part of a major investmen...More>
South Africa 2010 chief executive Danny Jordaan has insisted that Soccer City stadium is now complete despite building work still taking place outside its perimeter.
Fifa g...More>
Tyre company Continental has extended its sponsorship of the Fifa World Cup to include the 2014 competition in Brazil.
The brand backed the 2006 World Cup in Germany and is...More>
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohamed Bin Hammam believes the AFC should unite behind one Asian bid to host the World Cup.
Qatar, Japan, South Korea, Indones...More>
Fifa secretary-general Jerome Valcke has admitted that South Africa would not be ready if the World Cup kicked off tomorrow.
Soccer City, the stadium in Johannesburg that w...More>
England 2018 chief executive Andy Anson has insisted that tabloid stories about players’ private lives and cash-strapped clubs will not harm the country’s chances of hosting t...More>
