FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s World Cup travel plans up in the air
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Digital Subscription
One year of digital access for only $205*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*First annual payment billed as $205.00 + GST for one year. This annual subscription will automatically renew at $233.00 + GST every 52 weeks (10% off the regular annual price of $259.35). Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Your next Brandon Sun subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $17.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 06/06/2015 (4133 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
EDMONTON – FIFA president Sepp Blatter may not be coming to Canada for the final of the Women’s World Cup after all.
When FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke cancelled his plans to come to the opening of the tournament, a FIFA spokesman responded to a question about his schedule by saying: “Future travel plans will be confirmed in due course.”
“That said, please note that the FIFA President plans to attend the final,” the spokesman continued.
That has since changed, apparently.
“The latest I can inform you is only that the future travel plans of the FIFA President will be confirmed in due course,” a FIFA spokesman said on the eve of the tournament.
Blatter did offer a pre-game tweet.
“In one hour, the 7th @FIFAWWC starts in Edmonton. Good Luck to all 24 teams,” he said.
FIFA has been rocked by a series of corruption allegations in recent days. Blatter was re-elected president only to announce days after that he plans to step down.
FIFA said Valcke, the No. 2 man in the world governing body of soccer, had cancelled his travel plans to attend to “matters at FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich.”
The World Cup runs through July 5 in six Canadian cities.
Related Articles
Opening weekend sizzles at Women's World Cup
Advertisement Advertise With Us