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Summary: House of Commons World Cup 2018 Report

Wednesday, 27 July 2011 Author: Kevin Carpenter

In December 2010 FIFA (football’s world governing body) announced the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. England's bid to host the 2018 tournament followed a failed bid to host the tournament in 2006. This previous failure had been scrutinised by Westminster and a number of recommendations were made to ensure there was no repeat in the future. However all did not go to plan, England were eliminated from the process at the first round of voting, having canvassed only one vote (in addition to their own).

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Kevin Carpenter

Kevin Carpenter

Kevin is a advisor and member of the editorial board for LawInSport, having previously acted as editor.

Kevin specialises in integrity, regulatory, governance and disciplinary matters. His expertise and knowledge has led him to be engaged by major private and public bodies, including the IOC, FIFA, the Council of Europe, INTERPOL and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), as well as making regular appearances internationally delivering presentations and commenting in the media on sports law issues.

His research and papers are published across a variety of forums, including having a blog on LawInSport.