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LONDON -- FIFA President Sepp Blatter once described English football as being "run by idiots," according to Sebastian Coe. cheap jerseys from china free shipping . Coe, who headed the London Olympics, worked with Blatter as chairman of FIFAs ethics committee before taking a role with Englands failed bid to host the 2018 World Cup. Russia won the hosting rights after Englands bid attracted only two votes following Blatter voicing concerns about English media intrusion into the FIFA executive committee. In his new autobiography, Coe claims that Blatter has "always had a problem" with English football. "From his perspective, its not hard to understand," Coe writes in an extract published by The Times of London newspaper. "As president of an international federation, he sees the unwillingness of English clubs to release players for international duty. He sees the purchasing power of the English game -- big-name clubs buying up players from all over the world. "And he sees a national federation that, at the time of the bid, had no chairman or chief executive. And then he sees our press, permanently focusing on his organization." Ahead of the FIFA vote, English Football Association chairman David Triesman was forced to quit after covert recordings of him making accusations about rival bidders were published by a newspaper. That came shortly after FA chief executive Ian Watmore quit following a power struggle. "Your game is run by idiots. Its not run by bright people," Coe recalls Blatter once saying to him, without naming any individuals. The power struggles in the English game frustrated Coe, who said "internecine warfare at home" hampered the World Cup bid. "The fault, I believe, lies with the awful dysfunctionality of the English game, its personalities and its politics," Coe said. "First, you have the FA, which is the regulatory body. Then you have the Premier League, effectively the creation of Sky TV and (Rupert) Murdoch money, and were talking billions here. "Then you have the big clubs and the moguls, including (Roman) Abramovich at Chelsea and the Glazers at Manchester United, not forgetting the big-beast managers, such as Alex Ferguson (United) and Arsene Wenger (Arsenal). This has always been a very uncomfortable set of relationships, at best strained. The fact that they didnt trust each other and didnt much like each other was a problem." Coe is now a vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, and is due to become British Olympic Association chairman next month. cheap jerseys from china paypal . TSNs coverage of Euro 2012 is underway NOW with both games kicking off at the same time.  Czech Republic vs. cheap jerseys from china wholesale . Paul Millsap scored 24 points and Mo Williams added 22 in Utahs third straight victory, 117-110 on Sunday night.KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Omar Bravo scored his team-leading ninth goal of the season, and Sporting Kansas City moved back into the MLS Eastern Conference lead with a 1-1 draw against the Philadelphia Union on Friday night. Sporting (10-9-11) and Columbus, which hosts Los Angeles on Saturday night, each have 41 points. Kansas City leads the Crew on goal differential, with plus-6 to Columbus minus-2. Sebastien Le Toux scored a second-half equalizer for Philadelphia (9-7-13), which moved into third place in the East with 40 points. Sporrting struggled to create opportunities against Philadelphias packed-in defence through a scoreless first half. cheap jerseys from china. But in the 56th minute, Bravo cut in from the right side to take Kei Kamaras long cross from the left wing and bury a right-footed shot in the top of the net from point-blank range. Kansas Citys lead lasted only until the 63rd minute. Philadelphias Michael Farfan won a loose ball from Sportings Seth Sinovic at the end line and passed back to Le Toux, who scored with his left foot from 6 yards. ' ' '

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