Coe: Final presentations key to bid success

Coe, who overcame the odds and masterminded London's successful campaign to secure the 2012 Summer Olympic Games with a powerful speech to International Olympic Committee delegates in Singapore in 2005, is working on behalf of England's bid to stage the 2018 World Cup finals.

England are bidding against Russia and joint-bids from Spain/Portugal and Netherlands/Belgium for the 2018 finals while United States, Qatar, South Korea, Japan and Australia are battling to stage the 2022 finals.

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