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FIFA paid Irish $5.6 million to stop legal action: FAI chief

Yahoo! Sports | June 4, 2015

Related Topics: Football Association of Ireland, FIFA, 2010 FIFA World Cup, Republic of Ireland national football team, France national football team

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DUBLIN (Reuters) - FIFA paid the Irish FA (FAI) five million euros ($5.64 million) to avoid a legal case over a controversial World Cup playoff defeat in 2009, FAI chief executive John Delaney said on Thursday.

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