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Thursday, December 2, 2010

World Cup - Russia to host 2018 World Cup

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Russia have beaten England in the fight to host the 2018 World Cup.

 Russia led in every round of voting and won an absolute majority on the second round of voting against European rivals England and the joint-bids of Netherlands/Belgium and Spain/Portugal. England were eliminated after the first round with only two votes from the 22-strong committee. The announcement of the winning bid was made by FIFA president Sepp Blatter at Zurich's Messezentrum. Russia and Qatar, who will stage the 2022 finals, are both first-time hosts. Read more here......

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