FBI agents have interviewed officials from England's failed 2018 World Cup bid as part of an investigation into possible computer hacking.

The FBI is understood to be looking into claims that the USA and England World Cup bids were the victims of attempts to hack into their email accounts by outside organisations.

The interviews with the England 2018 officials, who are not suspected of wrongdoing, were conducted in November, and are part of a wider FBI investigation into allegations around the bidding process.

Russia won the bid for 2018 in the controversial vote by Fifa's executive committee a year ago, while England went out in the first round. Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup, beating USA in the final round, The Guardian reported.