FIFA: a victim? Or simply shifting the blame?
  • 8 years ago
Gianni Infantino has been in charge of FIFA for just two weeks, but he’s already taking steps to right the alleged wrongs carried out under the leadership of Sepp Blatter.

World football’s governing body has filed for tens of millions of dollars in compensation from former executive committee members being prosecuted in the US for graft.

The organisation has, for the first time, acknowledged that its officials “sold” votes in World Cup bidding contests.

But is FIFA a victim attempting to move forward with the transparency long demanded of it? Or are people right to remain sceptical?

For more on this story Joe Allen from euronews’ sports desk spoke to Deborah Unger from the ‘Corruption in Sport’ initiative at Transparency International.

Joe Allen, euronews:
“This is, effectively, the first time FIFA has confirmed it believes its senior executive committee members were guilty of bribery on a grand scale. Is this a genuine step towards a new era of transparency at football’s wo
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