LONDON, (Reuters) – FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam criticised Sepp Blatter yesterday for donating $20 million to Interpol to help combat match-fixing, claiming the idea was never approved by FIFA’s executive committee.
The FIFA president, who is being challenged by Bin Hammam in a presidential election on June 1 in Zurich, announced the initiative on Monday aimed at combatting illegal betting and match-fixing which threaten the integrity of the game globally.
However, in a message on his personal website on Thursday (www.mohamedbinhammam.com), the 62-year-old Qatari said the FIFA executive were never consulted about the donation to Interpol, the largest single grant the organisation had received from a private institution.
