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The Football Association’s acting chairman Roger Burden has told Channel 4 News why he felt he needed to step down after England failed to win the bid to host the 2018 World Cup.

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.

As England’s failed World Cup bid is dissected, football writer Jonathan Wilson looks to Russia, and what hosting the competition will mean for the country and the fans travelling there.

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.

The representatives supporting England’s World Cup 2018 bid were mystified and bitter at the result of the Fifa vote, blogs Alex Thomson from Zurich.

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.

Sports finance analysts tell Channel 4 News England’s bid to host the 2018 football World Cup is better than any of the rival bids when judged according to profitability and legacy.

As Russia emerges as favourite to beat England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup, Keme Nzerem tours the country to look at its strengths and weaknesses.

On his return from Johannesburg, Channel 4 News foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Miller blogs that South Africa’s World Cup is a recognition of what the African continent has brought to football.