FIFA: English MP accuses Sheikh Salman of having fraudulently used aid money in 2009

News Tank Football - Paris - News #63197 - Published on
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"In August 2009, Sheikh Salman, then Bahrain Football Association president, was accused of using FIFA-financed sports development budgets to fund his unsuccessful campaign for the FIFA Executive Committee election. A leaked letter received by the Al Bilad newspaper (Bahrain) claimed that Sheikh Salman had spent upwards of 850,000 dinars...

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