Sepp Blatter
Sepp Blatter
Joseph "Sepp" Blatter is a Swiss football administrator who served as the eighth president of FIFAfrom 1998 to 2015...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth10 March 1936
CityVisp, Switzerland
CountrySwitzerland
action best crucial currently demands germany great match officials placed role tournament
The 23 referees who will be in action in Germany are currently the best match officials in the world. That is the way it has to be as they will have a crucial role to play in this tournament and great demands will be placed on them.
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To FIFA such transactions fall well short of minimum standards of decency. We can no longer merely accept them. Nor shall we.
match physical retired victim
He retired because he was the victim during a match of unacceptable physical and psychological abuse.
football ideally national teams
Ideally there would be 16 teams in every national football league.
football shame year
I am so disappointed. It is a shame for football that in the year 2006, you still have racism.
fair sure
I am sure there will be fair play this year.
cancel decision event fifa good governing holding late opening stage taken
Personally, I still think the idea of holding such a high-profile opening event is a good one. FIFA has not taken the decision to cancel the event at such a late stage lightly, but as world football's governing body, we must put sporting considerations first.
divisions elsewhere few second stars third thousands
Obviously, you'll still need a few stars elsewhere in the world, but not the hundreds and thousands who play in the second or third divisions in other countries.
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I have been given a very clear mandate with a high responsibility to reinstall harmony and confidence in the football family inside in order to gain credibility outside,
authority case congress days decision fifa intervene
We go now to the Congress in 45-50 days and then it will be by decision of the Congress ... To give FIFA the authority to intervene in case of non-application.
alert cup red
The red alert is on for Germany's World Cup committee.
beginning checking next period problems stadiums within
We will be checking all stadiums at the beginning of next year, and within a period which we will stipulate, all these problems will have to be solved.
best decision
This was the best decision we made. Unfortunately it was much too late.
act chance defeat foul good host revenge turks
This was anti-fair play. The Turks had the chance after the (first leg) defeat to act as a good host and show that a revenge foul is not done in football.