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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

‘One big mess’: Fifa not fit to govern football, claims human rights group

A man poses for photos with a Fifa World Cup sign in Doha
The outcome of a Fifa report investigating the need for financial remedy for migrant workers in Qatar has still yet to be made public. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

Fifa is not fit to govern and should be the subject of widespread reform, a new report has argued, starting with the way money is used to “buy the political support of member associations”.

The report, compiled by the human rights advocacy group FairSquare and built on interviews with more than 100 people, calls for greater transparency from football’s governing body and argues outside regulation may be necessary for the organisation to live up to its values.

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