8. FIFA: Colombia’s president lashes out at Sepp Blatter

If Colombia’s chances of landing the 2014 World Cup already looked slim, they can’t have been helped by comments of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe toward the organization that will be picking the site.

Angered that FIFA President Sepp Blatter called the Andean nation’s bid “more a public relations presentation of the country to say that we are alive not only in other headlines but also in soccer,” Uribe struck back.

“Before he can say that, he has to get rid of all the mafia who have infected soccer, and respect Colombia,” Uribe said.