The fall out from the recent World Cup in South Africa among the also-rans continues apace, but England has gained some respite thanks to its bid to host the 2018 competition. The performance of manager Fabio Capello and his hapless players has become less of a talking point than the new competition to beat off Russia, the USA, Spain/Portugal and Belgium/Holland and take advantage of the estimated ￡3 billion economic boost that staging the World Cup will provide
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