Bin Hammam chides Blatter over Interpol donation

LONDON, (Reuters) – FIFA presidential candidate  Mohamed Bin Hammam criticised Sepp Blatter yesterday for  donating $20 million to Interpol to help combat match-fixing,  claiming the idea was never approved by FIFA’s executive  committee.

The FIFA president, who is being challenged by Bin Hammam in  a presidential election on June 1 in Zurich, announced the  initiative on Monday aimed at combatting illegal betting and  match-fixing which threaten the integrity of the game globally.

However, in a message on his personal website on Thursday  (www.mohamedbinhammam.com), the 62-year-old Qatari said the FIFA  executive were never consulted about the donation to Interpol,  the largest single grant the organisation had received from a  private institution.