{"id":359027,"date":"2011-04-01T20:30:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T20:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/grant-wahl-steps-out-of-race-for-fifa-president\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T20:30:24","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T20:30:24","slug":"grant-wahl-steps-out-of-race-for-fifa-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/grant-wahl-steps-out-of-race-for-fifa-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant Wahl Steps Out Of Race For FIFA President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div> It won&#8217;t shock many people to learn that Grant Wahl will not be the next president of FIFA, but the journalist made it official on Friday as the deadline for nominations approached and he had failed to secure a nomination from any FA around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>In a posting on SI.com Wahl spoke at length about his campaign before bowing out gracefully at the end while still questioning the corruption within the most powerful organization in the sport that had prompted him to run in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Wahl stated at the end of his article that he would not be running again anytime soon and chronicled some of the shady dealings he had along his journey of trying to find one FA that would nominate him for the job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_95-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/sports\/201104\/149891.php\" title=\"Grant Wahl Steps Out Of Race For FIFA President\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grant Wahl Steps Out Of Race For FIFA President<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> It won&#8217;t shock many people to learn that Grant Wahl will not be the next president of FIFA, but the journalist made it official on Friday as the deadline for nominations approached and he had failed to secure a nomination from any FA around the globe. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-359027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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