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England to bid for 2030 World Cup?

The FA chairman Greg Dyke says that England may bid to host the 2030 World Cup following Gianni Infantino's election as FIFA president.

Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has revealed that England may bid to host the 2030 World Cup following Gianni Infantino's election as FIFA president.

The Italian was named successor to Sepp Blatter by a 27-vote margin on Friday, ushering in a new regime at the world governing body following a tumultuous period that has seen the organisation dogged by allegations of widespread corruption.

Speaking after the verdict on Friday, Dyke, who voted for Infantino, said that England would now look to bid for major tournaments after being sidelined during the Blatter era.

Most notably, England lost with its bid to host the 2018 World Cup to Russia amid accusations of bribery in the voting process.

"The reason we wouldn't deal with a Blatter FIFA is because we didn't think we'd win," Dyke told reporters. "And there was so much bad blood from the last time we tried - at government level as well as at the FA level. It was almost impossible to deal with him.

"This is a new day, a new dawn. I think we will certainly try to win some tournaments. [The World Cup in] 2026 will go to North America, but we will maybe go for 2030."

England has hosted - and won - the World Cup once, in 1966.

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