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Sponsor may sue 'unfair' Fifa

Martyn Ziegler
Tuesday 14 December 2010 01:00 GMT
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One of the sponsors of England's failed 2018 World Cup bid has called on Fifa to give £1m to grass-roots football as compensation for an "unfair" bidding process.

Supermarket chain Morrisons has instructed lawyers to "examine options" for claiming compensation.

Richard Taylor, Morrisons director of corporate affairs, said: "The FA team put together a fantastic bid... Fifa was clearly intent on locating the 2018 World Cup in an emerging country."

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