BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's minister for sport has asked the country's national soccer federation (RFEF) to refund his department 219,500 euros (197,622 pound) awarded to build a soccer school in Haiti following the devastating earthquake in 2010, Spanish media said on Friday.
Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported that the soccer school project was never completed and claimed the funds, which included plans to send coaches from Spain to Haiti, had been diverted for other means.
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