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Euro 2012: Russian supremo resigns after Euro fiasco
The overall head of football in Russia on Monday resigned after the national team failed to make the knock-out stages of Euro 2012 with a hugely disappointing performance.
- Agence France-Presse
- Updated: June 25, 2012 09:51 PM IST
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Moscow:
The overall head of football in Russia on Monday resigned after the national team failed to make the knock-out stages of Euro 2012 with a hugely disappointing performance.
"I would like to apologise to the fans for this result," Russian Football Union president Sergei Fursenko told Russian President Vladimir Putin, state media reported.
"I have taken a difficult decision -- to step down as head of the Russian Football Union," he added.
Russia were knocked out of the Euro 2012 after a defeat by Greece, a below-par performance that exposed deep-rooted problems in the Russian game despite the vast sums of money being ploughed into the sport.
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