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By David Owen
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
No sooner does England’s accident-prone World Cup bid appear to be getting its act together and heading for calmer seas then the water turns choppy again.
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March 22 – David Beckham’s presence in South Africa during the 2010 World Cup can help swing the bid behind England 2018, Danny Jordaan has claimed.
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By Andrew Warshaw
March 22 – English football was plunged into disarray today when Football Association chief executive Ian Watmore unexpectedly resigned after just a year in the job.
March 22 – Telecommunicatios company Oi has become the first local sponsor of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, it was announced today.
March 22 – Ipswich Town today signed an agreement to be a training base for the World Cup if England’s bid to host the 2018 tournament is successful.
March 21 – Nurdin Halid (pictured), the President of the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI), has apologised after the country’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup was debarred from the race by FIFA.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
March 20 – The new Major League Soccer (MLS) season will kick-off as planned in the United States next week after a deal – reached with the help of Landon Donovan (pictured) – was hammered-out to prevent the players going out on strike.
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March 20 – UEFA President Michel Platini (pictured) could announce next week whether he intends to bid for another four-year term it has been reported.
March 20 – Franz Beckenbauer has praised the new Red Bull Arena, New York’s first purpose-built football stadium, which was officially opened today with an exhibition match against Pele’s old club, Santos.
March 20 – Australian Rules football will refuse to take a backseat if the country is awarded the 2018 or 2022 World Cup, the league’s chief executive Andrew Demetriou (pictured) has warned.
March 20 – Worawi Makudi (pictured), the President of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) and a member of FIFA’s ruling Executive Committee, has appealed to people protesting against the Government not to disrupt the country’s Premier League from taking place.
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March 19 – FIFA today lifted its suspension on the Iraqi Football Association (IFA) following a compromise agreement over alleged Government interference.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
March 19 – Colombia President Alvaro Uribe (pictured) has announced his country will bid to host the 2026 football World Cup after receiving encouragement from Jack Warner.
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By David Owen
March 19 – FIFA has decided against putting a limit on the time that anyone can serve as FIFA President, in a move portrayed as a fillip for current incumbent, Sepp Blatter (pictured).
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By David Owen
March 19 - And then there were nine after Indonesia appears to be out of the race to stage the 2022 World Cup following its failure to come up with satisfactory Governmental guarantees by the required deadline.