Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad: The rise and fall of political corruption in international sports

By James M. Dorsey
For Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, long seen as one of the three most powerful men in international sports, resignation from world soccer body FIFA could be the beginning of the end in more than one way. Not only for the Kuwaiti’s political and sports governance ambitions but also for the system FIFA is struggling to revamp bu…
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