Article on the farcical world cup bid…
Report criticises 2018 bid team’s campaign groundwork.
BBC article here
A report by MPs into England’s failed bid to host the 2018 World Cup says the Football Association has failed to learn lessons from previous attempts.
The England bid received only two votes as the finals were awarded to Russia.
The report says: “England’s bid team appears to have lacked a number of the components of a successful bid.”
It calls on the FA to hold a review and criticises Fifa’s response to recent bribery claims.
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The article is worth a read.