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Senior reporter for ESPN, covering everything soccer, and columnist for the Times of London
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Gabriele Marcotti
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FROM Gabriele Marcotti
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FIFA Bans Blatter and Platini Two of world soccer's most powerful figures, Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, were barred from the sport today for the next eight years. Responding to the ban by the independent ethics committee of FIFA, Blatter questioned the suspension but vowed to fight – both for himself and for FIFA.
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International Sports and Human Rights In the blazing desert of Qatar, 1000 workers from India and Nepal have died while building infrastructure for the World Cup to be held in 2022. FIFA, which stages the World Cup, is being called to account by human rights groups still angry at the International Olympic Committee over denial of gay rights by Russia.
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