Yahoo – AFP,
16 June 2015
The Nobel
Peace Centre in Oslo says it it will end its partnership with football's
world
governing body FIFA, which has been engulfed by an unprecedented
corruption
scandal (AFP Photo/Berit Roald)
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Oslo (AFP)
- The Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo announced Monday that it will end its
partnership with football's world governing body FIFA, which has been engulfed
by an unprecedented corruption scandal.
The Nobel
centre and FIFA have been partners in the "Handshake for Peace"
initiative between team captains and officials since 2012.
"The
board of directors asked management to end cooperation with FIFA as soon as circumstances
permit," said centre, an offshoot of the Nobel Committee which awards the
Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel
statement did not explicitly refer to the accusations of corruption at FIFA
that have delivered a body blow to the organisation's prestige.
FIFA has
been increasingly isolated since May, when a US investigation into the
corruption allegations brought charges against 14 people.
The scandal
spectacularly brought down FIFA boss Sepp Blatter and has also cast doubt on
the fairness of the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, to be
staged in Russia and Qatar respectively.
On Friday,
Interpol pulled out of a 20 million euro ($23 million) deal with the
organisation to promote integrity in sport.
And several
sponsors -- including Coca-Cola, Adidas, Visa, McDonald's and Hyundai -- have
welcomed an announcement by Blatter that he would resign.
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