Former disciplinary spokesman for the International Olympic Committee Francois Carrard pauses during a news conference in Athens in this file photo taken on August 16, 2004.
(Reuters) - FIFA on Thursday disowned comments made by the head of its reform committee, who had questioned why American authorities were investigating corruption in football, which he described as "just an ethnic sport for girls in schools" in the U.S.
The comments by Francois Carrard, the recently appointed independent chairman of FIFA's 15-person reform committee, were published on Sunday by the Swiss newspaper La Matin Dimanche. They quickly drew criticism from some of those seeking robust reforms of FIFA, who accused Carrard of not taking his new job seriously.
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