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Former Brazil striker Pele has welcomed the re-election of Blatter as Fifa president.

"I was in favour. It was necessary because it is better to have people with experience," Pele told reporters on his arrival in Cuba on Sunday to see a charity match in Havana.

"He's a man who has been there for 25 years [with Fifa], you have to respect him, it was an election."

But then again Pele has not been the greatest of judges with his own business partners in the past.

Back in 2001 Pele's golden reputation was tarnished by allegations that his sports company had stolen $700,000 (£450,000) of charity money.

The money from Unicef, paid in 1995 for a benefit match, was not returned after the game was cancelled. Pele, promising a full investigation, revealed he was closing down Pele Sports & Marketing. He suspected his business partner of the past 20 years, Helio Viana, had stolen up to $10 million (about £7m) from his company, including the Unicef money.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/nov/25/worldcupfootball2002.football

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John Oliver is crushing it and you know he's crushing it because whenever something happens people say "I can't wait to see how John Oliver tackles this one".

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That Caribbean former FIFA VP using the Onion article as his defense is still one of my favorite things in sports stupidity.

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Let me guess, FIFA bylaws allow him to name his successor.

(or this is an amnesty deal).

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