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Global Soccer’s Backslapping, Backstabbing Backroom Deal-making Politics

Global Soccer’s Backslapping, Backstabbing Backroom Deal-making Politics

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Apr 18, 2015
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Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah

By James M. Dorsey

Presidential elections and tournament hosting in the world of soccer appear to be seldom won on the merits of a candidate or bidder’s proposition. Instead, the outcome of polls and bids are frequently the result of backslapping, backstabbing backroom politicking between global soccer managers and political…

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