England WCup bid learns from Obama's Olympic flop

England's 2018 World Cup bid is learning a lesson from Chicago's first-round exit in last week's 2016 Olympic vote.

Football Association chairman David Triesman said Wednesday that the English won't be pinning their hopes on a persuasive figure like President Barack Obama in trying to sway FIFA voters in December 2010.

Chicago had hoped Obama's whirlwind trip to Copenhagen for last Friday's IOC vote would prove decisive, spending just a couple a hours lobbying members before Rio de Janeiro's eventual triumph.

Triesman said: "It may be wrong to rely on one stellar figure."