The most powerful sports administrator in the world is also the most unpopular

June 11, 2014 11:40

'Is there a technocrat in the world more universally reviled than Sepp Blatter? The president of FIFA, the global body that governs soccer, the world's most popular sport, is routinely lambasted for his high-handedness, his sexism and the reported venality of his institution. Through its corporate cynicism and gaudy excesses, FIFA under Blatter seems to embody what's ugly in the beautiful game,' writes Ishan Tharoor (yes, you read the surname right) in the Washington Post, here.

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