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FIFA's top spokesman leaves job, Blatter urged to do same

Yahoo! Sports | June 11, 2015

Related Topics: FIFA, Sepp Blatter, Roger Schawinski, Jérôme Valcke, Issa Hayatou

GENEVA (AP) -- FIFA's top spokesman left his job Thursday, hours after Sepp Blatter was urged to do the same by the European Parliament.

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FIFA communications director Walter De Gregorio, closely tied to the embattled FIFA president since 2011, left his job three days after telling a joke about soccer's governing body on a TV talk show.

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