Friday, 17 June 2011

German soccer boss urges 2022 WCup review (PA SportsTicker)

FRANKFURT, GERMANY (AP) —Germany’s soccer federation president has called for a review of the vote that gave Qatar the 2022 World Cup to scrutinize corruption allegations.

Theo Zwanziger said the awarding of the tournament to Qatar raised “speculations and corruption allegations” and should be examined “more precisely.”

A picture taken on May 13, 2011 shows French former football World Cup Winner Lilian Thuram addressing high school students in Schoelcher, on the French Carribean island of La Martinique. Lilian Thuram accused staff in an upmarket Belgian restaurant of racial discrimination during a visit to Brussels, a Belgian newspaper reported on May 27, 2011. Thuram, his country's most capped footballer who also played for top clubs Barcelona and Juventus, told Le Soir a staff member in the restaurant, La Paix, told Thuram the toilets were A picture taken on May 13, 201…
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Zwanziger is running for a place in FIFA’s executive committee and said he would be willing to look into the matter.

He also said Wednesday’s election for FIFA president should be by secret ballot.




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