Space football! FIFA president speaks about 'interplanetary competitions'

FIFA President Sepp Blatter is seen on a big screen as he delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 65th FIFA Congress in Sao Paulo June 11, 2014. (Reuters )

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has suggested that football could one day be played on other planets. The 78-year-old made his remarks to delegates from FIFA’s 209 member nations on Wednesday, just two days before the World Cup is set to kick off in Brazil.

“We shall wonder if one day our game is played on another planet? Why not? Then we will have not only a World Cup we will have inter-planetary competitions. Why not?” he said.

Blatter’s lighthearted comments were made at the start of a hugely important congress, as FIFA reels from a number of crises including corruption claims and the controversy surrounding Qatar WC 2022.

The FIFA president also hinted that the football association has not had the easiest of times recently.

However, Blatter's comments have produced mainly a sarcastic reaction on Twitter.

(RT)