Saturday, March 22, 2014

Blatter ruled out the withdrawal of Russia from the 2018 World Cup on the back of the Crimean crisis

Blatter ruled out the withdrawal of Russia from the 2018 World Cup on the back of the Crimean crisis


Madrid , ( EFE ) :

Ruled out the head of the International Federation of Football Joseph Blatter to withdraw the 2018 World Cup of Russia on the background of the crisis with Ukraine after the annexation of the Crimea into its territory .

Blatter pointed out , in a press conference that Russia got the honor of organizing the World Cup vote , and "we will move forward in our work ," noting that Russian Sports Minister and Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 2018 World Cup , Vitaly Mutko is a member of the Executive Committee of FIFA .

On the other hand , Blatter said he would not comment on the news on former officials receive a FIFA funds to support the nomination file of Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup before the end of the investigations conducted by the Union in this regard.

The newspaper ( Daily Telegraph ) had confirmed last week that the former vice president of FIFA, Jack Warner earned $ 1.2 million from a company controlled by the official spherical diameter , also got his sons on the other funds .

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