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Dec 10 • 3 tweets • 3 min read
You can guess that the #Qatar2022 #FIFAWorldCup is what @SeppBlatter and I first talked about: “The @FIFAWorldCup is not the privilege of the Northern Hemisphere. We should NOT stick to a June/July World Cup calendar because of #Europe. The World Cup does not belong to #Europe…
“They (@UEFA) need to adapt to the realities of the present and not think that they are entitled to have everything. There is pressure from new countries to change things, especially the #Arab countries. And they have the economic power [to push their agenda]…
.@SeppBlatter: “Football has 2 billion followers and the game has to be played within the geo-political structures of our world.”

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Dec 11
There is no #Qatar2022  #FIFAWorldCup  radio programme coming out of #Africa like the @eagle7fm.com & Eagle 103.7FM Special that I, @osasuo, am anchoring from 1800 GMT on Monday, December 12th. Here’s my stellar panel of coaches, former players, renowned writers & broadcasters…
Current @UgandaCranes coach, @michocoach; long-time @FranceFootball_ African expert, @frank_simon, now a commentator and analyst for @CANALPLUS_SPORT; @OtiAdjei of @tv3_ghana and @filippomricci of @Gazzetta_it. And that’s not all… ImageImageImageImage
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Dec 10
An account, from @KeirRadnedge, former @WorldSoccerMag editor & @AIPSmedia football commission chair: “Late in the match at Lusail, colleagues up to the left of me started shouting for medical aid. Journos moved chairs so @GrantWahl could be laid down…
“… A medical team was quickly on hand and must have spent up to half an hour of treatment, including perpetual CPR, before he was placed on a stretcher and carried out… It is very upsetting (this tragedy) particularly for those who were around him.”
My sympathy to @celinegounder, his wife, and the entire Wahl family. He was just too young to go this way. He had so much more to give in life…
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Dec 8
As we have a second #Qatar2022 #FIFAWorldCup rest day, before the start of the QFs, it's a good time to provide a bit more details on the @CAF_Online #AfricaSuperLeague saga and what some CAF exco members thought about the plan, when it was presented to them... Image
What I am reporting is based entirely on an eye-witness account of a @CAF_Online executive committee member, who was in the room, when the #AfricaSuperLeague presentation was made…
This is Maclean Letshwiti - @OfficialML_BFA - President of the Botswana FA - @WeAreBFA, a @CAF_Online exco member. After the #AfricaSuperLeague presentation, he had questions as to how the annual $250m income will be raised. He was reportedly not satisfied with the answers given. Image
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Dec 7
Well, after hearing from a @CAF_Online exco member on the deal, I have spoken to a source close to @Lagardere_SE_fr, with knowledge of the settlement and he had some interesting things of his own to say...
"Have you seen the settlement documents? If you have not, don't take the figures that you have been told for granted." He insists that the settlement figures are higher than the $25 million I have been told, even though he refused to give me the exact figure.
"Yes, the settlement was done around the 22nd, 23rd of November and the payment is to be in instalments. But the payment period is not very long and @CAF_Online have already made a lump sum payment," he claimed.
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Oct 25
Just had a chat with former @NGSuperEagles @VfB_int @VfLWolfsburg_EN & @HansaRostock forward @akpoborie, about Monday’s free surgeries in #Ozoro, Delta State, #Nigeria, by the team of doctors from Belgian NGO reVIVE, whom he brought to help the sick, who can’t afford treatment. Image
.@akpoborie: “I watched some of the surgeries on Monday. It was really an experience. One young boy got rid of a hernia. It was good to see him him cured. I was really touched by that,” he said. ImageImage
He goes on: “There are so many people to help. And the sad thing is that as much as the doctors are able to do, we can’t help everyone. We had already closed the case list, when 2 more children came with their mum. We told them the list had closed…
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Oct 7
Breaking: A top source in #Guinean football says the country's government will not allow them travel to #Uganda, to play in a @CAF_Online U-23 qualifier there, as a result of the #EbolaOutbreakUG. (Will add more details shortly, to make a thread...)
"We have asked @CAF_Online about the concerns of the health services of our country, for our match in #Uganda. Our government strongly advises us not to go to #Kampala, at the end of the month, for the match. We have unofficially informed CAF of the situation...
"@CAF_Online replied that to date, the @WHO has not made a decision on #Uganda (concerning safety of travel there) and that its matches will be played. How this will be resolved I don't know, because our government is not joking on this matter," the top source said.
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