Single currency outsiders united in sport

LETTER - A letter published in Monday's Financial Times suggests that the forthcoming football world cup has important implications for membership of the euro.

From Peter Wheadon, Denmark

Sir, Simon kuper is no doubt right ("Brits bolster image by dumping good-loser tag", FT Weekend March 2-3) to say that if Sven-Goran Eriksson returns from the World Cup a hero, it would make a "yes" vote in a UK referendum on the single currency more likely.

It should of course make a "no" vote more likely since

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