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Alan Hubbard: Sir Trevor Brooking would make ideal FA chairman

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FA may stand for any number of things, apart from the Football Association, few of them printable, However in the light of recent events it seems they will stand for almost anything. Appointing 66-year-old Lord Triesman as an independent chairman has proved a ghastly mistake for he has underlined the adage that there is no fool like an old fool.

There is another adage too. As Shakespeare wrote, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” If indeed Melissa Jacobs,

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UEFA evaluation report favours France for Euro 2016

By Andrew Warshaw

May 19 – France has emerged as clear favorite to host football’s European Championship in 2016 after UEFA published evaluations of the three bidding nations.

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World Cup bid is marathon, not a sprint, claims Coe

By Andrew Warshaw in London

May 19 – Sebastian Coe (pictured) today reiterated his belief that the Lord Triesman affair has not inflicted terminal damage on England’s 2018 World Cup bid.

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Platini: England can survive Triesman scandal

Michael Platini looking fed-up

May 18 – Michel Platini (pictured), the UEFA President, has offered his support to Lord Triesman after he was forced to resign as chairman of England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup and of the Football Association following potentially damaging allegations about rivals Russia and Spain.

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Lineker quits Mail on Sunday after Triesman sting

By Tom Degun in London

May 18 – Gary Lineker (pictured) has quit his weekly column in the Mail on Sunday after the newspaper published a story of Lord Triesman’s secretly recorded conversation which may have seriously damaged England’s 2018 World Cup bid.

Mihir Bose

Mihir Bose: Triesman scandal not the end of England 2018 World Cup bid

Hours after the Triesman affair broke, a German colleague emailed me saying “bye bye England”.

It was an understandable response.

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FIFA Ethics Committee to investigate Triesman bribery allegations

By Andrew Warshaw

May 17 - FIFA have asked the Football Association to look into the bribery allegations that forced Lord Triesman to resign as head of both the FA and England’s 2018 bid team – and confirmed its Ethics Committee would examine the case.

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Chilean to lead FIFA World Cup inspection team

By Andrew Warshaw

May 17 – Harold Mayne-Nicholls (pictured), President of the Chilean Football Association, will head up the three-man FIFA inspection team visiting prospective hosts for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups this summer.

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Spain outraged by Triesman accusing them of bribery

By Andrew Warshaw

May 17 – Spain’s 2018 World Cup bid team have expressed utter shock at Lord Triesman’s bribery allegations as English officials continue on a major damage limitation exercise to prevent their £15 million ($22 million) campaign from total collapse.

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Football to kick off draws at Singapore Youth Olympics

By Tom Degun

May 17 – FIFA delegates, comprising of representatives from the participating National Federations and officials from the world governing body, have completed their tour of Singapore ahead of the team sports draws for 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games which are set to take place tomorrow.

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Exclusive: Coe and Mills to ride to rescue of England 2018 World Cup bid

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

May 16 – Sebastian Coe (pictured) and Sir Keith Mills, the architects of London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, are set to adopt a higher profile role in England’s campaign to stage the 2018 World Cup after Lord Triesman was forced to step down as chairman, Coe has exclusively told insideworldfootball.

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Triesman allegations prove England are running scared claim Russia

By Andrew Warshaw

May 16 – Lord Triesman’s comments that led to him having to resign as chairman of England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup and the Football Association proves that they are scared of Russia’s bid, Alexey Sorokin (pictured), the head of their bid has claimed today.

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Triesman resigns from England 2018 and FA after he accuses rivals of bribery

By Andrew Warshaw

May 16 – Lord Triesman, the chairman of the Football Association and England’s 2018 World Cup bid, today dramatically resigned from both positions over alleging that 2018 rivals Spain and Russia were planning to collude in bribing referees at this year’s tournament in South Africa.

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Triesman revelations set to damage England 2018 World Cup bid

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

May 16 – England’s campaign to host the 2018 World Cup could be severely damaged after Lord Triesman, the bid leader, was accused of making a series of explosive allegations about rival bidders in a story published on the front page of today’s Mail on Sunday.

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Lula pledges Brazil’s support to Qatar 2022 World Cup bid

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

May 15 – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (pictured) today pledged his country’s support to Qatar’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup.