FIFA World Cup

Russia is the country where FIFA decided to send the 2018 World Cup. For a beautiful game, football sure keeps some ugly bedfellows.

Santa, I never stopped believing in you. For Christmas this year could you give Sepp Blatter a swift kick up the backside?

Here's a novel thought – what if Qatar actually had a well considered bid and that is why it was chosen to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

FIFA’s verdict on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting rights made it abundantly clear where Australia and England stand in football’s hierarchy.

Members of those seven unsuccessful bids to stage the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will have made a frustrated retreat from Zurich and could feel entitled to cast an envious glance at the next host of the tournament.