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Some times we are warned to watch what we eat or drink. In this case, chances are that we may have been watching "Blood Football" like in the epic movie Blood Diamonds if such claims coming out from Germany is any thing to go by. The sunami from the corruption scandal that brought down  Sepp Blatter  continue to shake the World.  Authorities claims in Germany that the 2006 World Cup vote was influenced by a shipment of rocket-propelled grenades and allegations in Egypt that a FIFA executive solicited bribes during the 2010 bidding race. As seven FIFA officials continued to fight extradition to the US over claims they were involved in a “World Cup of fraud”, Blatter’s right-hand man Jérôme Valcke remained at the centre of speculation over what he knew about a $10m payment to the disgraced former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner. 

As the FIFA Crisis deepen's, more and more revelation of the World Football Governing body's poor conducts are been made public by respectable individuals and organisations globally. These accusations range from Arms dealing, money laundering and kickbacks.  This time, the Football Association of Ireland chief executive, John Delaney, has confirmed that the body accepted a payment from FIFA after Thierry Henry’s handball in the 2010 World Cup qualifying play-offs ended their hopes of qualifying for the tournament in South Africa. The Football Association of Ireland later confirmed that the payment amounted to €5m (£3.67m) and Delaney claimed it was made so the organisation would not pursue legal action against Fifa. The FIFA statement appeared to contradict some of what Delaney said: “On 18 November 2009, there was play-off match between France and the Republic of Ireland for a place in the 2010 World Cup finals. During the match, a handball by France’s T...