Comparing FIFA to the mafia "is almost insulting to the mafia". US Senate grills soccer federation

Comparing FIFA to the mafia “is almost insulting to the mafia”. US Senate grills soccer federation

Friday, July 17th 2015 - 06:57 UTC

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Comparing FIFA to the mafia is “almost insulting to the mafia”, a US senator said, turning up the heat on football's corruption-tainted world governing body to reform. Richard Blumenthal made the remark at a Senate subcommittee hearing scrutinizing FIFA, after US authorities in May indicted 14 people - including top football officials over tens of millions of dollars of alleged bribes for media rights contracts. Read full article

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ChrisR
Another WGAF?
Jul 18th, 2015 - 05:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
Comparing the Kirchner gang to FIFA is an insult to FIFA.
Jul 19th, 2015 - 01:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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