What he said:
“Crisis, what is a crisis?”
Sepp Blatter denies that FIFA is in trouble over corruption allegations in the voting to stage the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
What he really meant:
“Do you like my impersonation of an ostrich burying its head in the sand?”
What he definitely didn’t:
“I’m retiring to run an emu farm.”
Following the arrest of Suresh Kalmadi by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) are frantically looking out for a successor to the high profile minister.
Two names have been short-listed.
The first is former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi who is currently in London.
The other name bandied about is former Minister of External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor.