Stop eating dogs, FIFA warns Korea

13 April 2012

FIFA today called on South Korea, co-hosts of next year's World Cup finals, to stop torturing and eating dogs.

After receiving thousands of protests, FIFA president Sepp Blatter wrote to FIFA vice-president Dr Chung Mong-Joon, who is president of South Korea's football association and a member of the national parliament, urging him to "take decisive measures to put an end to this cruelty".

Blatter said that not only the animals were being harmed but also Korea's international image.

"The World Cup would serve as an appropriate moment for Korea to show the world that it is sensitive to worldwide public opinion and that it rejects cruelty," said Blatter in a FIFA statement.

Meanwhile, Irish women football fans will be allowed to visit Iran's national stadium for the World Cup second leg play-off between the two teams - because they will not be able to understand the Iranian swearing.

Around 300 Irish women are expected to attend the match on 15 November in Tehran. It will be the first time since the 1979 Islamic revolution that women will be allowed to watch a football match there.

An Iranian football federation spokesman said: "The Irish do not speak Farsi, so they will not understand the bad language."

Iranian women will not be allowed inside. Meanwhile, Manchester United's Roy Keane is fit to play for Ireland in the first leg in Dublin on Saturday after recovering from a knee injury.

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