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FIFA removes Qatari match official due to diplomatic crisis

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Rob Harris, global soccer writer, London, for revealing that the Gulf diplomatic crisis prompted FIFA to remove a Qatari referee from a 2018 World Cup qualifier following a request from the United Arab Emirates. http://trib.in/2sc40Dr

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JUNE 16, 2017

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