Flustered FIFA officials shut down a media conference in New Zealand on Thursday after being inundated with questions about the sport’s latest scandal.
What was meant to be a promotion for FIFA’s under-20 World Cup, the tournament that has launched the careers of players like Lionel Messi, descended into farce when local journalists quizzed organisers about the corruption scandal embroiling the world governing body in Switzerland.
“Here we are not getting into any questions of this,” FIFA’s head of the tournament Marion Mayer-Vorfelder told reporters in Auckland. “Every question of this kind please refer to our colleagues in Zurich. We really …read more
Source: Daily News & Analysis
