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FIFA: Hayatou not in charge of Olympics

September 21, 2011
By ESPNsoccernet staff
FIFA has denied reports that controversial figure Issa Hayatou had been appointed as the head of the London 2012 football tournament, claiming the announcement was down to a "technical error".

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Hayatou was one of the executives who was alleged to have taken a bribe (in his case £10,000) in BBC programme Panorama's exposé of "FIFA's dirty secrets" ...

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