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Sepp Blatter: What he said, really meant and definitely did not


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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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World Cup 2011: ICC gives preparations a thumbs-up


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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.

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