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Sepp Blatter claims European draws were rigged by manipulating balls

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter said that he has witnessed draws for European football competitions that were rigged using the "hot and cold balls" method.

Blatter claims no draw for any FIFA event has ever been fixed in his 18 years as the head of the world's governing body, but the same cannot be said about European competitions.

While he did admit he had the power to affect such draw fixes, it was never carried out at FIFA, even though he knew of the method which was used in such cases.

"There was only one person who had that power in Europe.