Fifa’s top sponsors will hope that next month’s presidential election could mark a turning point for the tarnished image of the organisation however pro-democracy campaigners have flagged up presidential hopeful Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa over reports of alleged torture.
The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) have written to Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Visa, Adidas, Budweiser, Gazprom and Kia insisting that Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa has questions to answer over his alleged involved in punishing clubs after the 2011 pro-democracy uprising in the country.
The group claims that Sheikh Salman, currently one of the favourites to replace Sepp Blatter, the Bahrain Football Association (BFA), of Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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