World Cup organiser boycotts Euro 2012 over racism fears

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By Andrew Warshaw

June 9 – Danny Jordaan, the man in charge of organising the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, is boycotting the European Championship finals in Poland and Ukraine in protest at the racism reports that plagued the build-up to the tournament which began last night.

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Mihir Bose: Of Roy, Rio, John, the Euros and the messy FA banana skin effect

Mihir Bose

The non-selection of Rio Ferdinand for the 2012 European Championship now resembles one of those tragedies where you start with one story and end up with something so different you can hardly recognise the starting point. And to think that Ferdinand should be the one who suffers the most collateral damage when he is not even involved in whatever John Terry may or may not have said to his brother Anton.

However, unlike many others in the game,

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