Business Week: 25 Most Powerful Global Sports Figures
Filed under: Adidas, Becks, Business, Cristiano Ronaldo, FIFA, Roman Abramovich, UEFA
Numero uno is FIFA’s president Joseph Blatter, and they give a great quote from Sepp:
“FIFA is like the United Nations but it has more members and is more powerful”
Six of the top ten most powerful global figures have soccer ties including Becks clocking in at No. 5, Roman Abramovic at No. 6, and Cristiano at 7. Herbert Hanier the president of Adidas is No. 4 and Michel Platini UEFA president is 8. Click on this link for the slideshow and complete coverage from Business Week.
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I.Shouldve.Played.Soccer
Blatter tries to sink US hopes to host WC 2018:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/10/06/fifa.blatter.ap/index.html?eref=rss_latest