Fifa has awarded the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 tournament to Qatar.
Russia, which will host the event for the first time, beat England, Spain/Portugal and Holla...More>
England's 2018 bid has come out top of a Fifa study assessing the economic value of a World Cup in all bidding countries to the game's governing body.
England's bid scored ...More>
BBC’s Panorama programme has accused three Fifa executive committee members of taking bribes in the past.
The three are all part of the 22-man committee that will vote on ...More>
Fifa is under investigation from the Swiss federal authorities over the cash-for-World-Cup-votes scandal, with the inquiry possibly leading to criminal charges.
Six senior ...More>
The Wimbledon Championships will not be moved to avoid a possible clash with England’s bid to stage the 2018 football World Cup, an All England Club spokesman has said.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron had admitted he is “frustrated” by the timing of Panorama’s investigation into Fifa – but believes it will not affect England's 2018 World...More>
Lord Coe has insisted that England's World Cup bid team can overcome any negative impact from the Panorama expose of Fifa and land the 2018 tournament at next week's vote.
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Spain and Portugal's 2018 World Cup hopes have been boosted by the news that South America's Conmebol federation has come out in support of the joint Iberian bid.
"The 10 c...More>
The head of Spain/Portugal's 2018 bid has claimed it already has as many as eight of the 22 Fifa votes in the bag.
The Iberian countries are up against England, Russia and ...More>
Fifa top-tier partner Hyundai-Kia has extended its agreement with world football’s governing body up to and including the 2022 World Cup.
The company has been a Fifa partne...More>
Brazil's overcrowded and outdated airports could be an embarrassment for the country when it hosts the 2014 World Cup, the country's sports minister has admitted.
Orlando S...More>
England 2018 international president David Dein says the bid team needs the country behind it ahead of the December 2 World Cup vote.
England fears there could be a backlas...More>
England 2018 bid ambassador David James has criticised the British Government after it announced deep cuts to school sport budgets.
More than £160m of cuts have been m...More>
Fifa president Sepp Blatter has claimed collusion between World Cup bidding nations is inevitable.
Fifa’s ethics committee cleared Spain-Portugal and Qatar of vote trading ...More>
The Williams Formula 1 team has lent its support to Qatar’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup.
Team boss Frank Williams attended the Aspire 4 Sport Congress in Doha last week,...More>
Fifa executive committee members Amos Adamu and Reynald Temarii have been banned from voting for the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Adamu was suspended from footbal...More>
Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko believes his country needs the 2018 World Cup more than any of its rivals.
Mutko admitted that Russia faces "very tough competition" fr...More>
