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FIFA Congress: Bribery cases cast shadow over elections in Bahrain

World soccer leaders are gathering in Bahrain ahead of the annual FIFA Congress. Elections of Asian members and possible changes to how World Cups are awarded are on the agenda, but corruption still clouds the air.Fresh corruption scandals overshadow the annual gathering of world soccer leaders as they prepare to meet at the annual FIFA …

Deutsche Welle
James M Dorsey

FIFA Congress: An Israeli-Palestinian battleground

Next month’s annual congress of the world soccer body, FIFA, is likely to become the first international forum since US president Donald Trump took office to debate Israel’s controversial settlement policy in the occupied West Bank. Israeli efforts to prevent FIFA from debating and possibly censoring it for allowing soccer teams from Jewish settlements in …

James Dorsey
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