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England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales learn their qualifying opponents for the 2014 World Cup finals tournament in Brazil.

Suspended Fifa vice-president Jack Warner makes public an e-mail that claims Asian confederation chief Mohamed Bin Hammam "bought" the 2022 World Cup finals for Qatar.

Chuck Blazer, a US representative on the Fifa Executive Committee (ExCo) which voted to host the 2022 Fifa World Cup Finals in Qatar in December, has hit out at those suggesting that the finals be moved to the winter to avoid exposing players to temperatures in excess of 50 degrees Celsius, arguing that the move could take up to 10 weeks out of the domestic football season.

Fifa President Sepp Blatter yesterday insisted that the England bid to host the 2018 World Cup finals had not been damaged by the allegations brought forward by the Sunday Times newspaper.

England's bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup finals suffered a blow today as a result of the backlash caused by the Sunday Times' probe into the activities of two high ranking Fifa officials.

A Sunday Times report alleges two Fifa officials offered to sell their votes in the contest to host the 2018 World Cup finals.

Spain and the Netherlands have all the talent necessary to provide one of the most thrilling World Cup finals in the tournament's 80-year history.

That doesn't necessarily mean it will be one of the highest scoring. Spain's organization and control won it the European Championship two years ago and could make it only the third side to add the World Cup to that title.

A stunning performance from Joachim Loew's young German side tore Fabio Capello's England to pieces in Bloemfontein last night as the three-time world champions inflicted the Three Lions' heaviest World Cup finals defeat.

Brazil star Kaka says he will be fully fit for the World Cup finals in South Africa this summer after

Germany captain Michael Ballack has been ruled out of the World Cup finals with an ankle injury, the German Football Federation have confirmed.