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Article: FOOTBALL: THE BIG INTERVIEW: OUT OF AFRICA; WHEN SEPP BLATTER HANDED WORLD CUP 2006 TO GERMANY ISSA HAYATOU WAS GUTTED. NOW THE LITTLE-KNOWN AFRICAN CONGRESS CHIEF WANTS REVENGE ... AND BLATTER'S JOB.(Winner)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- March 25, 2002
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Byline: KEIR RADNEDGE
IN just over two months' time little-known Issa Hayatou could become the most powerful man in football.
Hayatou, from Cameroon, has been president of the African confederation since 1988. Now, at FIFA Congress in Seoul on the eve of the World Cup finals, he will challenge Sepp Blatter for the presidency of the world governing body.
Blatter's credibility has been damaged by the bankruptcy of FIFA's long- time commercial partner ISL and by allegations which will not go away concerning his controversial presidential victory over ...