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Why England’s World Cup 2018 bid failed
Sports commentators tell Channel 4 News England’s humiliating failure to secure the 2018 World Cup may be the result of the dysfunctional way the English game is run.
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Media ‘killed’ England’s World Cup 2018 bid
The head of England’s failed attempt to host the World Cup says FIFA bosses told him the media killed the bid. Channel 4 News reporter Keme Nzerem says team England was either lied to or naïve.
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England loses World Cup 2018 bid
England’s bid to host the World Cup in 2018 has ended in disappointment. Russia was chosen by 22 Fifa delegates to stage the biggest football tournament in the world.
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WATCH IT LIVE: World Cup 2018 decision
FIFA announce who will be the host nation for the 2018 World Cup this afternoon in Zurich. Watch the announcement live on our website.
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World Cup bid ‘is in the bag for England’
England’s World Cup 2018 bid team has been “assured that it’s in the bag,” by Fifa Vice President Jack Warner’s aides, Channel 4 News can reveal.
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What we should hate about the World Cup
Love the World Cup? Football commentator, writer and curmudgeon John Anderson focuses on the things which will make us want to kick a hole in the TV screen over the coming weeks.
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Pros by any other name? Sport stars and extreme advertising
After tennis star Maria Sharapova considered changing her name during the US Open to promote her own brand of sweet, Channel 4 News examines other extraordinary sporting name changes.
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Hopes of Britain rest on Murray’s shoulders
Andy Murray prepares for his second successive Wimbledon final watched by David Cameron, Victoria Beckham and Wayne Rooney.
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FactCheck: are nine out of 10 working families better off?
George Osborne says nine out of 10 working families will benefit from this month’s tax and benefit changes. But who are the biggest winners?
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Arrivederci England as Italy win on penalties
England exit the Euro 2012 football championship at the quarterfinals stage, losing out to Italy 4-2 on penalties in Kiev after a goalless 120 minutes of open play.
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All together now, as Obama welcomes the Brits
It was the politics of their style as much as the style of their politics, as President Obama and David Cameron lavished mutual praise at last night’s celebrity-packed White House dinner.
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Why the British dominate golf’s leaderboards
The first round of the WGC Match Play championship, which begins today in Arizona, reveals not so much the best of British as the British as best, writes Ben Monro-Davies.
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Lottery winners from Scotland to go public
A couple from Falkirk in central Scotland, who became Europe’s biggest-ever lottery winners, have decided to not to stay anonymous.
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LIVE BLOG Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton
In the Queen’s own words it was an “amazing” day: see how the wedding of the century unfolded via the Channel 4 News live blog, plus the Royal Wedding in 60 seconds.
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Kate Middleton’s wedding dress: the verdict
Forget the princes, all eyes at the Royal Wedding were on Kate Middleton’s wedding dress. But was it a fashion triumph? Stylist Mhairi Montgomery delivers the verdict for Channel 4 News.