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It's introduced by Kate Adi.

Hello.

Today the World Cup kickoff is hours away and FIFA, World Football's governing body, is engulfed in scandal and disrepute.

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so what's selling in the oldest musical instrument shop in Bombay. The Football World Cup kicks off today in Brazil with

scandal and speculation swirling around its governing body FIFA. Its officials

meeting in Sao Paulo have been hearing allegations of bribery surrounding

Qatar's bid to stage the competition in 2022, that the organization has become inextricably linked

to corruption under the leadership of Sepp Blatter.

There were calls for him to step down as president.

But David Bond points out that while all this may be an embarrassment for FIFA, the World Cup

continues to generate huge amounts of cash and

changes at the top of the organisation should not be expected anytime soon.

Outside the entrance to the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Sao Paulo, a fleet of police outriders are poised.

Their lights flashing, their sirens ready to carve a path through this chaotic city's aching traffic. Inside camera crews and reporters

jostle for position. The lift doors open and set bladder sweeps through the lobby, surrounded

by a group of men in dark suits and even

darker glasses. It's the source of scene you'd expect to greet an American

president, but this short bespectacled 78- old Swiss is a mere sporting administrator, the president of FIFA,

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