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IOC confirms clear-the-air call from Blatter to Rogge
Jan 13, 2011, 9:41 GMT
Lausanne, Switzerland - World football supremo Joseph Blatter had a clear-the-air teleephone conversation with Olympic boss Jacque Rogge in the wake of comments on the International Olympic Committee.
'We can confirm that this call took place on Wednesday,' IOC spokesman Mark Adams confirmed to the German Press Agency dpa.
The FIA President Blatter said on Friday in Doha the IOC was 'a club' with no tranparancy and handled its financial affairs 'like a housewife.'
IOC sources said that Blatter, an IOC member himself since 1999, expressed his regret about the statements to Rogge.
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