Theo Zwanziger, former president of the German football association (DFB) and former member of the FIFA's executive body speaks to media after the first day of his trial at a local court in Duesseldorf, Germany February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
(Reuters) - Former German Football Association (DFB) President Theo Zwanziger is free to repeat his claim that 'Qatar is a cancer on world football', a German court ruled on Tuesday.
Zwanziger, who headed the DFB until 2012 and has been embroiled in a 2006 World Cup scandal, first made the comment last year to public broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk, adding the decision for Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup should be reviewed as corruption allegations hit world governing body FIFA.
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