Blatter accusation

Former US women’s goalkeeper Hope Solo has told a Portuguese newspaper that exFifa President Sepp Blatter sexually assaulted her at the Ballon d’Or awards ceremony in 2013. In an interview published in the Expresso, Solo said Blatter grabbed her bottom shortly before the two appeared onstage at the annual football awards event. Blatter told The Guardian newspaper: ‘‘This allegation is ridiculous.’’