'We will take responsibility for shortfalls,' Blatter says

TOKYO, Japan - Sepp Blatter, president of soccer's world governing body FIFA, holds a news conference in Tokyo on April 24. Blatter issued a ''don't worry'' statement, confirming that the financial troubles of beleaguered marketing company ISMM would not affect next year's World Cup in Japan and South Korea.

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