[ENGLAND]The fallout from Lord Triesman‘s secretly taped conservations with a former mistress published on Sunday was swift. Within 24 hours of revelations that hebelieved 2018 World Cup bid rivals Spain and Russia were conspiring to fix the 2010 World Cup finals and 2018 World Cup bid, he resigned as chairman of The Football Association and England’sWorld Cup bid team.

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