Huge Support for Qatar 2022 Bid in World Football Insider Poll

(ATR) Qatar is the country that most deserves to host the 2022 World Cup, according to World Football Insider’s latest poll. An astonishing 14,659 people responded to the survey that closed on Monday. The tiny Gulf state, which is bidding to bring the FIFA World Cup to the Middle East for the first time, received [...]

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Analysis: Triesman Fall Reveals England 2018′s Greatest Opponent

(WFI) David Triesman’s untimely demise – and possibly that of the country’s World Cup bid – was a peculiarly English affair. Barely 24 hours after the England 2018 bid book handover to FIFA in Zurich on Friday, which represented another global media triumph, the bid team was once more dragged through the mud by its [...]

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David Beckham Plans to Buy MLS Team

(WFI) England star David Beckham misses out on winning his first piece of silverware with the Los Angeles Galaxy but looks ahead to buying a Major League Soccer club. The Galaxy lost 5-4 in a shoot-out to Real Salt Lake in the MLS Cup final at Qwest Field in Seattle on Sunday. Speaking to reporters [...]

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