Lord Sebastian Coe has been confirmed as a non-executive board member of England's 2018 World Cup bid team.

Coe led London's successful bid to stage the 2012 Olympic Games and currently the chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games; a position he will continue to hold.

"I look forward to playing my part in our bid for the Fifa World Cup," Lord Coe said. "I am passionate about football so am delighted to be standing alongside many other people and football greats up and down the country in bidding for this event.