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German FA boss Grindel quits over expensive gift


Reinhard Grindel, president of the German soccer federation DFB (Deutscher Fussball Bund) gives a statement in Frankfurt, Germany, April 2, 2019. Photo: Reuters
BERLIN: German Football Association President Reinhard Grindel unexpectedly resigned on Tuesday after apologising for accepting an expensive watch from a Ukrainian colleague as a gift, saying he had not known its value.
Grindel, who took over the world’s biggest sports federation by membership in 2016, had come under pressure over income he received from a DFB subsidiary and a watch he had been given by Ukrainian businessman and soccer administrator Grigory Surkis.
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