'It's football, not politics': Blatter criticises Swedish government for World Cup boycott

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Disgraced former Fifa President Sepp Blatter has criticised Sweden's government for its diplomatic boycott of the group stage of the 2018 World Cup, saying they "should have been there from the start".

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