By Tom Degun in London
December 6 – London Mayor Boris Johnson has admitted that he may not be able to prevent members of FIFA’s Executive Committee from staying at the exclusive Dorchester Hotel during the London 2012 Olympics despite him withdrawing his offer for them to stay there.
By Andrew Warshaw
December 5 – The general secretary of the Football Association believes FIFA should introduce a filtration process to prevent World Cup bidding nations needlessly throwing away an entire budget.
By Duncan Mackay in Zurich
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December 3 – The Football Association’s acting chairman Roger Burden (pictured) tonight said he will quit because he no longer trusts members of FIFA after the failure of England’s World Cup bid.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
December 3 – After the night of the long knives for England’s vanquished 2018 World Cup bid, the post-mortems intensified today when campaign leader Andy Anson renewed his attack on FIFA”s bidding process.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
December 2 – So much for top-ranked technical and evaluation reports, Princes and Prime Ministers, an impeccable final presentation, words of commendation from FIFA President Sepp Blatter, history and tradition.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
December 2 – England’s 2018 World Cup bid team rolled out their big guns to make a final plea to FIFA here today but it was a 27-year-old from a disadvantaged background who made the most poignant impression.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
December 1 – David Beckham is convinced the World Cup momentum is swinging back in England’s favour as the odds on who will stage the 2018 and 2022 tournaments continued to fluctuate today.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
November 30 – After weeks of corruption allegations that have rocked their hopes of staging the 2018 World Cup, England have at last received some potentially vital good news.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
November 30 – UEFA president Michel Platini has played down a BBC investigation into alleged corruption within FIFA and says it should not affect England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup.
By Tom Degun in London
November 30 – Sport and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson told insideworldfootball England must stress the core elements of their 2018 World Cup bid to the all-important 22 FIFA voting members.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
November 29 – England’s 2018 World Cup bid chief Andy Anson promised today to “fight like crazy” to secure the required number of votes to get England over the line in Thursday’s ballot.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 28 – Britain’s Culture Minister Jeremy Hunt says he has been assured by FIFA voting members that England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup will not be adversely affected by the recent spate of newspaper corruption allegations and a forthcoming television broadcast.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 26 – Prime Minister David Cameron today stepped into the row over the forthcoming BBC Panorama programme that threatens to heap embarrassment on FIFA three days before the 2018 World Cup vote is taken.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 26 – Five former England internationals will join Prince William, Prime Minister David Cameron and David Beckham as part of the England 2018 delegation for the World Cup vote in Zurich next week.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 24 – FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has renewed his attack on the forthcoming BBC Panorama investigation into World Cup bidding, warning the broadcast will have “negative fall-out” for England’s World Cup bid.