Brazilian President backs England bid as Triesman calls for unity

By Duncan Mackay in Johannesburg

November 29 – England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup received another morale-boosting endorsement today when Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (pictured) said that England deserved to host the tournament for the first time in more than half-a-century.

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