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    Jordaan: England 2018 bid must focus on Africa

    Friday, November 6, 2009

    The leader of South Africa's World Cup organising committee has warned England they will need to have Africa on their side if they are to survive the first round of voting to host the 2018 finals. Danny Jordaan, the chief executive of the committee planning for next year's tournament, expects there to be a high-profile casualty when polling gets under way among the 24 members of the FIFA executive committee in December 2010 and has added his voice to that of CONCACAF federation chief Jack Warne ...

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