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French FA chief insults Champagne as FIFA race heats up

By Mike Collett
FIFA presidential candidate Jerome Champagne of France attends a news conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, January 27, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

LONDON (Reuters) - Jerome Champagne, the French FIFA presidential candidate, and Noel Le Graet, the French Football Federation (FFF) chief, had a heated exchange in public on Thursday, with Le Graet hurling insults at Champagne before storming out of a restaurant.

Champagne, one of five men bidding to become the next FIFA president, confirmed the details of the row to Reuters.

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