SA Rugby skip FIFA tackle in bid for 2023 World Cup
11 June 2015 - 02:26
SA sports Confederation and Olympic Committee president Gideon Sam played down suggestions that South Africa's potential 2023 Rugby World Cup bid could be hurt by the Fifa bribes-for-votes scandal. A wide-ranging US treasury department and FBI investigation into corruption and bribery in the awarding of the 2010 Fifa World Cup to this country has caused deep embarrassment.
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