London Stadium will not be used for 2018 World Cup bid

LONDON: London’s Olympic Stadium will not be used in England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup, the Government said on Sunday. The 80,000 seater stadium, costing more than £500 million, will be down-sized to 25,000 capacity after the 2012 Games with an athletics legacy left in place. Last month London Mayor Boris Johnson said it would be “foolish” to rule out maintaining the 80,000-seat capacity and that the east London venue could become one of the 16 stadiums in England’s World Cup plan