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.”
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After the scandal-hit CommonWealth Games and the IPL mess, it comes as a breath of fresh air that the ICC has given a thumbs-up to the preparations for the 2011 World Cup to be held in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka.
This is the third time the World Cup is being hosted on the sub-continent; the previous two World Cups here were in 1987 and 1996.