Why isn't Sepp Blatter in Canada?

Blatter, the FIFA president who said he would step down in the wake of a corruption scandal, likes to take credit for the global growth of women's soccer over the last two decades. In an interview with the BBC, he even described himself as the "godfather" of the sport.

But he has yet to appear for a single game of the women's World Cup in Canada. Indeed, he has not even dispatched his chief lieutenant, FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke, to attend. By contrast, both Valcke and Blatter were in Brazil for the entirety of the 2014 men's World Cup.…  Seguir leyendo »