England's dream of hosting the 2018 World Cup has ended in disappointment after Russia won the right to stage the tournament.
President Sepp Blatter made the announcement after a ballot by the Fifa executive committee in Zurich shortly after 3.30pm.
Joint bids by Spain and Portugal as well as Holland and Belgium also lost out.
Sources close to the English bid said England did not even make it to the final round of voting.
Fifa executives also voted to choose the 2022 World Cup hosts with Qatar winning the contest.
Qatar beat bids from Australia, the United States and 2004 World Cup co-hosts Japan and South Korea.
The England 2018 bid team had hoped the lobbying of Fifa members by Prince William, David Cameron and David Beckham in recent days had given them an advantage.
Source - Yahoo News.
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12-02-2010, 06:14 PM #1Main Eventer
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12-02-2010, 06:50 PM #2(< . . o . . PowerPill!
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Congrats Russia!
Nice to see Russia is given the World Cup. Cause that could help them
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12-02-2010, 07:01 PM #3The Eating Machine!
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fucking bullshit I was planning on going to England
If Kenpachi used his Bankai, Armageddon, Ragnarok, and every other form of the apocalypse would march from the depths of hell with their demonic legions of death.... then take one look at him and turn tail and run.
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12-02-2010, 07:14 PM #4(< . . o . . PowerPill!
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^^ Why should England get it? They never do good in Cups anyway
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12-02-2010, 10:36 PM #5TravicityGuest
England is the greatest place for football it will suck in Russia and now we have to wait until 2026 if that.
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12-02-2010, 10:50 PM #6(< . . o . . PowerPill!
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^^ Why so negative?
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12-02-2010, 11:49 PM #7TravicityGuest
Because I really wanted it in England and would of went to see some matches with my brother.
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12-03-2010, 12:14 AM #8Rabid Wolverine
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Because us and the joint Spain/Portugal bids were far and away the best choices.
Originally Posted by Smartmark
If we'd have legitimately lost out to the Iberian bid then fair enough but to come last with only 2 votes is a piss take.
Russia winning is a joke also. No current stadia of the required standard, a piss poor travel system not to mention big problems with racism and a hooligan element to rival anything we'd produce nowadays.
Oh yeah also differing time zones in Russia, a lot of snow etc and currently they use fake grass which many visiting teams dislike.__________________________________________________ ____
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12-03-2010, 01:01 AM #9(< . . o . . PowerPill!
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^^ It's not snow in russia the whole year, and not in the summertime
Shows how much you know of the world
Well, having the World Cup in Russia might help Russia to make the enviroment in Russia better
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12-03-2010, 03:28 AM #10Main Eventer
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Russia and Qatar, what a joke. Hooray for staying up until 2 in the morning to watch a match :hmm:
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