Sorokin to bring Russian voice to FIFA Council, as UEFA adds EPFL to its top table
By Andrew Warshaw in Geneva
September 20 – Four months after the embarrassment of its most powerful sports supremo being blocked from keeping his place at FIFA’s top table, Russia regained its influence in world football politics today when Alexei Sorokin was elected to FIFA’s ruling Council until 2021.
Sorokin, CEO of the 2018 World Cup organising committee, replaces Vitaly Mutko, Russia’s deputy prime minister, who famously failed an eligibility test earlier this year because of a clash between his sporting and political interests.
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