{#8 Issue: Only in the Times: Ministers toned down criticism of Fifa over its failure to tackle alleged World Cup corruption, newly-published documents show.} Papers released to the Sunday Times under Freedom of Information show that a proposed letter to Sepp Blatter, the president of football’s governing body, called for publication of the Garcia report into corruption claims as “the only course of action that would restore credibility”. It added: “If Fifa is seen not to take the right course of action here, when people think about football in future, they are unlikely to think of it as the ‘beautiful game’.” That reference was removed in the final version, while “only course of action” was changed to “a course of action”. The newspaper reports that the changes were made after officials sought Downing Street clearance.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 09:25:01 +0000
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