The President of Brazil has offered his backing to England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup finals.

The South American country will hold the 2014 event, and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hopes the winner of that tournament will defend their title on British shores.

"I believe that the last one that England hosted, the first and only one was in 1966, that's already been 44 years ago that the UK hosted the Cup,” he told Channel Four News.

"I think now is the time for the UK to host a Fifa World Cup again."