Football Is More Than a Game
The FIFA must now demonstrate through its actions that football’s greatest strength lies not in yielding to political pressure, but in its unique ability to make a positive difference in the world. I have never been a footballer. Yet during nearly twenty years at the United Nations, I witnessed something that profoundly changed the way I see the game: football is far more than a sport. In Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, I attended a tournament…
