World Soccer - UK 2020-05)

“The SC maintains that it strictly adhered to all rules and

regulations for the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup bidding process and

any claim to the contrary is baseless and will be fiercely contested”

American governing body CONMEBOL in a

broadcast rights deal. Also charged are Gerard

Romy, former CEO of the Spanish Imagina

agency, and the Uruguayan sports marketing

company Full Play Group.

More than 40 individuals and companies were

initially indicted in 2015. Almost all pleaded guilty

and 26 still await sentencing. Six have died in

the meantime including, most recently, Rafael

Callejas, the former state president of Honduras.

Keir Radnedge

The only man to have coached

Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid

and Barcelona has died, aged 71.

Born in the former Yugoslavia, he

played for Sloboda Uzice, Partizan

Belgrade, Turkey’s Fenerbahce and

Spain’s Zaragoza before joining

England’s Luton Town in 1980.

A midfielder, he scored 10 goals

in 108 games, helping the Hatters

to win promotion to Division One

in the 1982 campaign.

However, it was his strike against

Manchester City at the end of the

following season that earned his

hero status at Kenilworth Road.

Luton were moments away from

relegation before Antic scored with

four minutes to go to seal a 1-

victory and send manager David

Pleat into a famous jig of delight

across the pitch.

Antic won one cap for his

country before retiring and launching

a career in management with

Zaragoza in 1988. Spells followed

with Real Madrid, Oviedo, Atletico

Madrid, Barcelona and Celta Vigo,

and he won the league and cup

double with Atletico in 1996.

He was later in charge of Serbia

for two years, leading them into the

2010 World Cup finals, before

heading to the Chinese Super

League, where he had spells in

charge of Shandong Luneng and

Hebei China Fortune.

OBITUARY

Raddy Antic

(1948-2020)

Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy

Allegation...Jack Warner

New charges...Hernan Lopez

Hatter...he played

over 100 games

for Luton

World Cup...

in charge of his

national side

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