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Frank Lowy: Australia has "convinced" FIFA
Friday, November 5, 2010
Football Federation Australia (FFA) chief Frank Lowy believes that Australia’s 2022 World Cup bid team has "convinced many of the FIFA executive committee that we have the best bid".
Speaking at a Sydney business lunch today, Lowy said: "I believe Australia has the best bid, I know we have the best bid. I know we have convinced many of the FIFA executive committee that we have the best bid. But will we have the critical 13 votes needed to win it? In my heart I really believe so."
Lowy, a multi-billionaire retail property tycoon, also said he will remain head of the FFA irrespective of the FIFA decision.
"If we lose I am going to stay the distance," he said. "There is no question that I will continue as chairman of FFA, and the whole FFA team will suck up the disappointment and get on with the job."
Source: SoccerEx Business Daily
England 2018: newspaper probe "has harmed" bid
Submitted by Matt Cutler on Fri, 05/11/2010
An England 2018 official has admitted The Sunday Times newspaper investigation into the voting process for the 2018/2022 World Cups has "significantly harmed" its bid campaign.
With just for weeks to go before the FIFA decision in Zurich, one member of the bid team told the BBC: "The question is: can we recover from this? FIFA members feel they are being persecuted by the British media.
"It isn’t dead and the next two or three weeks will be delicate but England’s bid has been damaged and it’s going to take a lot of hard work to repair that damage."
FIFA president Sepp Blatter was critical of the newspaper’s role last week, when he told reporters: "One can ask whether such an action is appropriate, trying to set traps for people. It is a deeply rooted problem with the English media. Who is benefiting from this situation and who is being harmed, we are asking ourselves why did it happen and why did it happen specifically by English journalists? We are looking at that."
The BBC report said that England’s bid may now ask all the editors of the national newspapers and broadcasters to write to FIFA declaring their support for the 2018 bid.
Source: www.sportbusiness.com
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