Soccer - World Cup Bid:England threw the kitchen sink at their attempt to win the rights to hosting the 2018 World Cup but ultimately came up short with Russia to host the finals for the first time.
2007: October 31— The FA confirm England will bid to host the 2018 World Cup finals.
2008: October 12— The FA confirm Manchester United chief executive David Gill and Football League chairman Lord Mawhinney will both be on Lord Triesman's England 2018 Limited executive board.
October— Current and former England internationals David Beckham and John Barnes are appointed vice-presidents of the bid.
November 11— England head coach Fabio Capello is one of six new bid vice-presidents announced. The others are Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon, former FA chairman Geoff Thompson, Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor, Tesco chief executive Terry Leahy and Lord Stern of Brentford, formerly chief economist of the World Bank.
November 20— Andy Anson, the former commercial director of Manchester United, is appointed chief executive of England's bid.
2009: January 27— England officially submit their bid.
February 2— England are one of 11 nations - along with Spain/Portugal, Russia, Holland/Belgium, USA, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Qatar, Indonesia and South Korea - to express an interest in hosting the 2018 or 2022 World Cup finals.
March 17— Mohamed Bin Hammam, the president of the Asian football Confederation and a Fifa executive committee member, said England "deserve" to host the World Cup.
March 19— Premier League chairman Dave Richards is appointed a deputy chairman of England's bid.
May 18— Beckham, Wayne Rooney and then Prime Minister Gordon Brown officially launch England's bid at Wembley.
October 13— Karren Brady, a former managing director of Birmingham, and former Celtic and Chelsea defender Paul Elliott are appointed as bid board members.
October 22— The full 50-man squad of ambassadors for the bid is announced and includes then England captain John Terry.
October 22— England chiefs insist they are acting "within the spirit and letter" of bidding rules after being criticised for making gifts of designer handbags to FIFA executive members.
November 4— Jack Warner returns the designer handbag given to his wife by England bid leaders.
November 12— England bid leaders announce a major re-structuring of its board following an emergency meeting. FIFA vice-president Geoff Thompson is included alongside Dave Richards, Lord Mawhinney, Lord Coe, Elliott and Anson. Original board members such as David Gill, Keith Mills and sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe are to join an advisory group headed by Brady.
November 24— Premier League chairman Richards resigns from the England bid board.
2010: May 14— Beckham presents England's 1,700-page bid book to Fifa president Sepp Blatter in Zurich.
May 16— Allegations emerge that Lord Triesman accused the Spanish and Russian football federations of bribery. Triesman resigns from his positions as Football Association chairman and 2018 bid chief. He is replaced as bid chairman by Thompson.
May 17— Fifa announce that their ethics committee will investigate Lord Triesman's comments but later decide not to pursue the matter.
October 19— Russia's bid leader Alexei Sorokin speaks of London's "high crime rate" and youth alcohol problems in an interview.
October 26— England bid chiefs confirm they have made a complaint to Fifa over Sorokin's comments.
October 28— England bid is described as "absolutely primitive" and "comical" by Russian bid advisor Viacheslav Koloskov.
October 28— England ready to withdraw complaint to Fifa against the head of Russia's World Cup bid after receiving an apology from Russian sports minister.
November 2— A senior Fifa figure condemns an undercover investigation into World Cup bidding as "unethical".
November 4— England leaders admit an undercover investigation into Fifa by a British newspaper has "significantly damaged" their bid to host the World Cup.
November 4— England chiefs visit BBC director-general Mark Thompson to express fears that a Panorama investigation into Fifa could fatally harm their World Cup bid.
November 10— The contents of a notorious note passed between two Fifa members indicates that Spain/Portugal and Qatar's World Cup bids will escape any action over allegations of collusion.
November 11— Prince William and Brtish prime minister David Cameron revealed as part of England's delegation for December's vote.
November 12— Dein meets Blatter in Zurich in an effort to revive the struggling bid.
November 15— England bid leaders send letter to all Fifa executive committee members to try to repair the damage caused by two media investigations.
November 17— England and Spain/Portugal's 2018 World Cup bids are ranked equally as 'low risk' overall by Fifa's inspectors but rivals Russia are 'medium risk'.
November 17— Anson accuses the BBC of being "unpatriotic" and "sensationalist" by choosing to broadcast a Panoramaexpose of Fifa three days before the vote.
November 18— Cameron telephones Fifa's vice-president Warner to invite him to lunch in an effort to boost England's hopes.
November 22— Warner hits out at Panorama's investigation by claiming it has been "deliberately designed to negatively impact" on England's chances of hosting the tournament.
November 23— The head of Spain/Portugal's World Cup 2018 bid claim they already have as many as eight of the 22 Fifa votes in the bag.
November 24— England's bid hopes dealt a blow after it was reported that South America's three Fifa members will all vote for Spain/Portugal.
November 25— The Qatari president of the Asian Football Confederation confirms for the first time that he will support Spain/Portugal's bid.
November 26— Cameron speaks of his frustration that Panoramawill screen their programme just three days before the World Cup vote.
November 28— Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohamed bin Hammam denies reports stating that he has agreed to back the Spain/Portugal bid.
November 29— Panorama accuse three Fifa executive committee members of taking bribes.
November 30— Uefa president Michel Platini insists the BBC Panoramaprogramme should not affect England's bid.
November 30— Warner brushes aside the Panoramaprogramme insisting he has no interest in the claims made.
November 30— Panorama'sclaims of corruption against Fifa vice-president Issa Hayatou to be investigated by the International Olympic Committee. Hayatou threatens legal action against Panorama. Hayatou also says he will not take out his anger on England's bid.
December 1— England's bid receives a huge boost after Vladimir Putin, prime minister of Russia, confirms he will not be travelling to Zurich for the vote.
December 2— Prince William leads England's 2018 World Cup presentation to Fifa by telling members: "I love football, we English love football and it would be an honour for us to host the World Cup."
December 2— England lose the bid to Russia and Qatar gets the 2022 hosting rights.