Brazil to make official bid to host 2014 World Cup

Brazil will officially inform FIFA today of its bid to host the 2014 World Cup, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced yesterday.

"The president of the CBF (Ricardo Teixeira) will make official Brazil's candidacy to be hosts of a World Cup again after 64 years," said a statement. "The presentation of the Brazilian candidacy will be made in Tokyo."

Teixeira and the FIFA directors are in Japan for the Club World Cup.

South America is due to host the 2014 World Cup under the rotation system introduced by FIFA, which starts in South Africa in 2010.

Brazil have been hot favourites to stage the tournament since 2003 when the other nine South American nations agreed to back them as the continent's only candidates.