World Cup 2018 bids

England buoyed over bid progress

August 27, 2010
By Andrew Warshaw
(Archive)
First things first. FIFA inspection visits can't, on their own, secure the World Cup. But they can certainly cause candidate countries to lose vital ground if things go wrong.

• Clegg in prime position
• Blatter warns England over bid

Hence the sense of quiet satisfaction among England's 2018 campaign team when, after months of meticulous planning, everything seemed to run like clockwork during the four-day tour of facilities conducted by FIFA's technical ...

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