FIFA chief Sepp Blatter's corroded legacy on South Asian soccer fields

08 September 2015 - 11:49
By REUTERS

There are no recognisable soccer fields, no players, and just a rusting goalpost at Pakistan's Hawksbay training centre, built with a $500,000 FIFA grant on a windswept plot by the Arabian Sea near Karachi, and officially completed two years ago. In Nepal, goats graze on a rutted playing field near decrepit facilities at the Dharan soccer academy built with FIFA cash in the Himalayan foothills.

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