Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Africa's flamboyant new player plots downfall of Hayatou (The Associated Press)

In this image taken Friday, Feb 24, 2017 Zimbabwe Football Association President Philip Chiyangwa, right, shakes hands with FIFA President Gianni Infantino at a ceremony in Harare, Zimbabwe . Chiyangwa the man driving the campaign to unseat longtime African soccer boss Issa Hayatou is a multi millionaire Zimbabwean property mogul who dabbles in politics and was once accused of been a spy and put in jail. (AP Photo)

The man driving the campaign to unseat longtime African soccer boss Issa Hayatou is a multi-millionaire Zimbabwean property tycoon who dabbles in politics and was once accused of being a spy. Zimbabwe Football Association president Phillip Chiyangwa was a nobody in soccer, even in his home country, just over a year ago. Now he gets FIFA president Gianni Infantino to come to his birthday party and dance with him.


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