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Blatter Says Awarding Qatar World Cup Was 'A Mistake' (Barron's)

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the decision to award the 2022 World Cup finals to Qatar was a "mistake".

FIFA initially banned Blatter from football for eight years, later reduced to six, over the payment to Platini. "It was a mistake," Blatter said in an interview with AFP's German sports subsidiary SID. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the decision to award the 2022 World Cup finals to Qatar was a "mistake".

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