FIFA - a tragedy tinged with farce


  • World
  • Friday, 05 Jun 2015

LONDON (Reuters) - In less than a week, the public face of FIFA has gone from something resembling an old-style Communist Party rally, with a defiant Sepp Blatter fronting ranks of flag-bearing youths, to what looks more like a scene from "Reservoir Dogs".

Despite dawn arrests and U.S. indictments of FIFA men past and present, Blatter opened world football's annual congress on a high last week, knowing he was going to be re-elected president for a fifth term.

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