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Blatter on ban: ‘If US got World Cup 2022, I wouldn't be sitting here’
FIFA's ethics committee has banned its suspended president, Sepp Blatter, and European soccer boss Michel Platini for eight years. Blatter pledged to challenge the ruling and accused the US of pettiness.
The pair was suspended on Monday over a 2 million Swiss franc ($2.02 million) payment by FIFA to Platini in 2011, which is currently being investigated. Both men deny any wrongdoing.
Blatter said he intends to challenge the decision of the committee at FIFA's appeals body, go before the Lausanne-based sports arbitration panel, or take legal action under Swiss law if needed.
“I will fight for me and I will fight for FIFA,” he said at a press conference.
He reiterated his allegations that the US is taking revenge on him and FIFA over the failure of its bid to host the 2022 World Cup.
“We wanted to go to another superpower [after World Cup 2018 in Russia], the United States. If this came true, I wouldn't be sitting here today,” he said, stressing that he doesn't believe that the ethic committee's decision was taken under pressure from Washington …. https://www.rt.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/12/blatter-on-ban-if-us-got-world-cup-2022.html
