Russia win bid to host World Cup 2018 and Qatar 2022.
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GOLDENBALLS ... Seb Coe is backing David Beckham to land World Cup for EnglandSEB COE has backed David Beckham to win England the 2018 World Cup here this afternoon.
Lord Coe, who delivered the 2012 Olympics for London, says Becks has the vital magic ingredient to see off rivals Russia and Spain-Portugal.
With the England bid gaining crucial late impetus, Coe said: "David really sprinkles stardust on the bid, he really does. This guy was born to do this sort of thing just as he was born to do it on a football pitch.
"There are late votes to be won here and if there is one person who can make people change their minds, it's David. "People like him because he's natural and they really believe what he has to say."
Coe, a 2018 ambassador, saw the Beckham Effect help secure the London Olympics at the vote in Singapore in 2005. And the legendary middle-distance runner says the former England captain can do the same again today.
Coe added: "I saw it all in Singapore. Why do you think we took him there? "He didn't go as an expensive calling card, he went because he's smart and does this really well.
"On Thursday he will be talking about the importance of football in his life, in his family and the way he came into the game.
"He is talking for millions and millions of kids. "He didn't come from a state-sponsored system, he didn't come through a super-school, he's a guy who learned the game as a kid in Leytonstone."
Coe also said the England bid team had a duty to win for the fans. He said: "The most demanding stakeholder you have when you are trying to deliver a major tournament are the 60 million people back home.
"It's not governments, it's not FIFA or the IOC. "The biggest pressure I felt with the Olympics was not to screw up for the people in the UK.
"The great thing about British sport is that when people do come together with a common purpose it is as a real team. "I know what the game means to people. I know what it means to the Chelsea supporters I sit with at the Shed End.
"When we had a problem or two with the bid a few months ago, I was stopped by a dozen or so people getting off the tube. "They were not interested in the issues but were panicking that we might not win it.
"For me, that was the most insightful moment of this whole process. People really want it." Coe added: "You need momentum and, at the moment, it all smells OK to me."
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BLATTER ... set to announce 2018 World Cup hostThursday 2 December 2010
Starhub Channel 151 / 205 : 10.30pm - (Live)
THE winning bids to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be announced at 3pm on Thursday.
The 22 members of FIFA's executive committee will meet tomorrow to cast their votes.
Holland/Belgium will start the bid presentations at 8am followed by Spain/Portugal at 9am, England at 10am and Russia at 11am.
At around 1pm the secret ballot will begin with a decision announced at 3pm.
To win outright a bid must win 12 votes to gain an overall majority.
Until an outright majority is achieved, voting will take place in rounds with the bidder with the fewest votes eliminated.
If there is a tie for the lowest number of votes in any round, an intermediate voting round will be conducted with votes solely on the tied bidders to determine which progresses.
After the 2018 bid is concluded, the 2022 vote will take place.
The winners of both World Cups will then be put into two envelopes and given to FIFA president Sepp Blatter to announce.
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World Cup 2018 contenders are Netherlands/Belgium, Spain/Portugal, England and Russia.
World Cup 2022 contenders are Australia, Qatar, Japan, South Korea and United States
Stay tune, the result will be made known very soon...
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Russia
win bid to host World Cup 2018
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smlj russia -.-
thought england would win it heh
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I guess Sepp Blatter and Fifa don't like England...
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did anyone see roman slipping a cheque into sepp blatter's pocket :D
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Qatar
win bid to host World Cup 2022
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Ok we now know which countries gave out the highest 'kickbacks'
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you need to fill blatter's pockets with money before you start bidding, thats why russia's PM putin doesn't even bother turning up, he knew they already won before the result.
funny how qatar wins the bid, it's fucking hot in june.
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one word... kelong
where the fuck is qatar anyway?
maybe 2050 singapore got chance
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people actually think this kind of vote ISN'T rigged ???
the results are already known to insiders before voting even began...........
just like those phoney phone-in or sms kind of voting in American Idol.......etc etc.............results already decided beforehand........
wasted USA never win...........Qatar waste of time and space lah..........
Russia win..........all the matches in Europe.........what for ???
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Qatar?? football?? so how many NEW stadium they need to build?? and where?
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high chance it's rigged....russia and qatar with their billionaires. Anyway, the qatar one could be because Sepp Blatter wanted to do a first in history by having the WC staged in the middle east; an idea which many thought would never have been possible because of their hot climate.
Russia is a first too.....
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How to play any good football in 40 degrees weather?
Fifa awarded the 2022 tournament to a country of only 1.7m people...
Of the 1.7 million people estimated to live in the country only 200,000 are native Qataris. The rest are expats and migrant workers. According to a UN refugee agency report... lol.
2022 voting breakdown
First round: Australia 1, Japan 3, USA 3, South Korea 4, Qatar 11 (Australia eliminated)
Second round: Japan 2 votes, Korea Republic 5 votes, Qatar 10 votes and USA 5 votes (Japan eliminated)
Third round: Korea Republic 5 votes, Qatar 11 votes, USA 6 votes (Korea Republic eliminated)
Fourth round: Qatar 14 votes and USA 8 votes (Qatar obtained an absolute majority)
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they will play matches in the evening lah..........
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And you think the evening is cool? lol...
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They said the BBC Panorama caused England to lost the bid.
Hoesntly, I thought England was gtting the bid.
Somehow Qatar paid the Fifa officials is it? Qatar doesn't really have any soccer stars or decent league commpared to US...
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Originally posted by zocoss:
And you think the evening is cool? lol...
alamak......in the desert..........evening can be very cold............plus they play in evening so the Europeans can watch....
i hope they play in mid-day though................Qatar wins world cup...........becoz everyone had died of heat stroke !
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It's better for it to be in qatar, means u don't have to stay up late to watch the matches, if u could still afford to subscribe to it though....
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they will play in the evenings............to accommodate the Europeans...........but still i don't think i need to worry............i'll be dead by then..........i already 55 liao.......
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like that even singapore got chance to host world cup already - just slip FIFA a $100 million check.
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lol u think singapore got space to build not 2-3 stadiumds but at least 6-8 stadiums lol. it will never happen here dude. Malaysia, Australia and Indonesia maybe, but never Singapore.
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
high chance it's rigged....russia and qatar with their billionaires. Anyway, the qatar one could be because Sepp Blatter wanted to do a first in history by having the WC staged in the middle east; an idea which many thought would never have been possible because of their hot climate.
Russia is a first too.....
so next time, they aim for antartic?? haha..