Blatter embarrassment as NTT denies World Cup sponsorship claim

Japanese telecommunications giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has denied it had signed a deal with soccer’s world governing body FIFA to sponsor the 2002 World Cup finals, despite FIFA president Sepp Blatter claiming they had done so on Thursday.

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