FIFA’s Blatter Says Brazil Protests Use Soccer as ‘Platform’
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Sepp Blatter, president of soccer ruling body FIFA, said demonstrators are exploiting the sport by staging protests at the Confederations Cup in Brazil.
Security forces have used teargas to break up disruptions on the first two days of the two-week tournament, which is a warm-up event for next year’s World Cup. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Blatter were jeered and whistled at the tournament-opening game in Brasilia two days ago.