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Йозеф Блаттер
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Пресс-служба Президента России
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Sepp Blatter & João Havelange
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Anefo, Nationaal Archief
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布拉特

Bùlātè
proper noun #76,742

Meanings

  1. 1 Sepp Blatter, Swiss football administrator, FIFA president 1998-2015

About Sepp Blatter

born 1936 · 历史人物 historical figure

Swiss official who led world football's governing body, 国际足联 (FIFA), from 1998. He resigned in 2015 amid a corruption scandal and was banned by FIFA's ethics committee; a Swiss court later cleared him of fraud.

Examples

HSK 7-9
布拉特担任国际足联主席长达十七年。
Bùlātè dānrèn Guójì Zúlián zhǔxí chángdá shíqī nián.
Blatter served as FIFA president for seventeen years.
HSK 7-9
布拉特因腐败丑闻而下台。
Bùlātè yīn fǔbài chǒuwén ér xiàtái.
Blatter stepped down over a corruption scandal.

Tips

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He long opposed goal-line technology, arguing that 误判也是足球的一部分, 'wrong calls are part of football'. After fans' anger over blown calls, FIFA finally brought it in at the 2013 Confederations Cup.

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