England 2018 boss thinks Fifa must change

England 2018 bid chief Andy Anson has said there is no point in the country bidding again until Fifa reform the selection process.

Anson also revealed that Fifa president Sepp Blatter had spoken to members of the executive committee of the "evils of the media" just before they voted.

Russia won the race to hold the 2018 World Cup as England were knocked out in the first round with just two votes.

Some Fifa members are blaming BBC and Sunday Times investigations for a backlash against England - and Anson says that was referred to by Blatter in his final speech to the 22-man executive committee just before the vote.

Asked if he would advise England to bid again Anson told a news conference in Zurich: "I would say right now don't bother until you know that the process is going to change to allow bids like ours [a chance] to win.

"When you have the best technical bid, fantastic inspection visits, the best economic report, and, from what people told us, the best presentation, it's quite hard to stomach that all that seemed to count for absolutely nothing.

He said: "I still find it hard to understand what happened. They [Fifa members] are saying to us that our media killed us but I don't believe that for one minute, but that's what we are being told."