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Swiss parliamentarian Roland Büchel, of the People’s Party and a long-standing critic of Fifa, told swissinfo.ch that the sporting body is in the last chance saloon.
“Fifa must clean up its act by the end of this year or we will be forced to ask whether such a multi-billion dollar industry should still have sporting association status or receive tax privileges,” he said.
“Up until now Fifa has just been trying to buy time, but we will not accept this anymore. [Fifa president Sepp] Blatter has been kicking out his enemies, but the time has come to start kicking out some of his friends.”
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Fifa’s reputation has also been dragged through the mud with a host of other corruption allegations relating to the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids and the re-election of Blatter as president last summer.
Several officials have been suspended in the last 18 months, including Asian Football Confederation President Mohamed bin Hammam – Blatter’s only rival in last year’s Fifa presidential elections. Fifa vice-president Jack Warner stepped down from his role before an investigation into corruption could be completed. Full story...
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Swiss parliamentarian Roland Büchel, of the People’s Party and a long-standing critic of Fifa, told swissinfo.ch that the sporting body is in the last chance saloon.
“Fifa must clean up its act by the end of this year or we will be forced to ask whether such a multi-billion dollar industry should still have sporting association status or receive tax privileges,” he said.
“Up until now Fifa has just been trying to buy time, but we will not accept this anymore. [Fifa president Sepp] Blatter has been kicking out his enemies, but the time has come to start kicking out some of his friends.”
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Fifa’s reputation has also been dragged through the mud with a host of other corruption allegations relating to the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids and the re-election of Blatter as president last summer.
Several officials have been suspended in the last 18 months, including Asian Football Confederation President Mohamed bin Hammam – Blatter’s only rival in last year’s Fifa presidential elections. Fifa vice-president Jack Warner stepped down from his role before an investigation into corruption could be completed. Full story...
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