How FIFA duped England

THE morning after the nightmare before, England’s 2018 World Cup bid team woke up to the reality that they had been duped.

How FIFA duped England
Sat, 04 Dec, 2010 - 00:00
Frank Malley

Played like a fiddle by FIFA. Misled and lied to. And taken in by their own arrogance.

Perhaps the biggest lesson of all to come out of the shambles of Zurich is the need for humility.

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