A day after the Armenian Justice Ministry strongly condemned and denied a fake report about retired Italian football referee Pierluigi Collina’s alleged involvement in an illegal adoption scheme, the FIFA Referees Committee Chairman himself has dismissed the report as fake news.
"I was astonished to read that I had reportedly illegally adopted an Armenia child,” Collina told the Italian ANSA news agency.
"Although I esteem those who decide to do this legally, my wife and I have never considered adopting a child," he added, as quoted by ANSA.
“I find it incredible that my name could have been linked to an investigation into a system of illegal adopt...
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