01 July,2014 04:51 AM IST | | AFP
Uruguay's President Jose Mujica has slammed FIFA leaders as 'sons of bitches' for banning the country's star striker Luis Suarez over his infamous World Cup bite
Uruguay's President Jose Mujica
Montevideo: Uruguay's President Jose Mujica has slammed FIFA leaders as 'sons of bitches' for banning the country's star striker Luis Suarez over his infamous World Cup bite.
Uruguay's President Jose Mujica
Mujica called the four-month ban on all football activity imposed on Suarez for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini "fascist sanctions". He made the comments to a state-run TV sports show on Sunday.
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"Those at FIFA are a gang of old sons of bitches," Mujica said. He immediately gasped and put his hand to his mouth in an I-can't-believe-that-I-said-that manner but smiled. The journalist asked if he could publish the remark. "For my part, sure," Mujica shrugged.
