FIFA President Sepp Blatter gives a speech during the final presentation and the announcement of the host nations for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups in Zurich December 2, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
(Reuters) - Sepp Blatter believes that any boycott of the Sochi Winter Olympics would change nothing and those who refused to go in protest against alleged discrimination in Russia would be "surrendering".
The president of world soccer's governing body FIFA, who is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said he would be going and he expected that "unpleasant issues" would be addressed.
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