US goalkeeper Hope Solo accused of harassment of the former president of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Josef Blatter. This is reported by The Guardian. According to football players, the incident occurred in 2013 at the Golden Ball award ceremony. Solo said that Blatter grabbed her buttocks a few seconds before entering the stage. The American had to declare her compatriot Abby Wambach the best football player of 2012. The former head of FIFA, through his representative, denied the accusations and called them ridiculous. 81-year-old Blatter - the eighth president of FIFA. He led the organization from 1998 to 2015. The Swiss left office in June 2015 amid a corruption scandal, then he was removed from football for eight years for illegally transferring two million Swiss francs to the then-head of the Union of European Football Associations Michel Platini. Later, the term of the disqualification of the functionary was reduced to six years. In the asset of 36-year-old Solo more than 200 matches in the US team. Together with the national team, she twice won the Olympics (2008, 2012), became the world champion (2015) and the silver medalist of the world championship (2011). American twice recognized the best goalkeeper of the world championships, and in 2009 became a football player of the year in the US.

Original article: American football player accused of harassment 81-year-old Blatter.