Sepp Blatter: attacks on me and Fifa motivated by American companies
• 79-year-old was suspended after major sponsors called for his exit
• ’It is the American companies,’ says embattled 79-year-old
Sepp Blatter
Sepp Blatter had initially been set to remain in his post as Fifa president until next year, but was suspended for 90 days alongside Michel Platini. Photograph: Tass/Barcroft Media
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Friday 30 October 2015 09.38 EDT Last modified on Friday 30 October 2015 10.27 EDT
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Sepp Blatter has rejected complaints made by football’s biggest sponsors over a bribery and corruption scandal, saying they were politically motivated and made at the behest of the US.
Blatter has been suspended from Fifa as part of the fallout from a US Department of Justice investigation into bribery, money-laundering and wire fraud at the sport’s governing body.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...ally-motivated
• 79-year-old was suspended after major sponsors called for his exit
• ’It is the American companies,’ says embattled 79-year-old
Sepp Blatter
Sepp Blatter had initially been set to remain in his post as Fifa president until next year, but was suspended for 90 days alongside Michel Platini. Photograph: Tass/Barcroft Media
Reuters
Friday 30 October 2015 09.38 EDT Last modified on Friday 30 October 2015 10.27 EDT
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Sepp Blatter has rejected complaints made by football’s biggest sponsors over a bribery and corruption scandal, saying they were politically motivated and made at the behest of the US.
Blatter has been suspended from Fifa as part of the fallout from a US Department of Justice investigation into bribery, money-laundering and wire fraud at the sport’s governing body.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...ally-motivated
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