Sepp Blatter described a female candidate for Fifa's executive committee as "good, and good-looking".
The candidate is Moya Dodd who is a former vice-captain of the Australia national team and has received backing from Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Dodd responded diplomatically to the Fifa dictator president's comments saying she was "mainly focused on hearing [Blatter's] comments about me being a good candidate … If he said anything more, then thanks for that, too".
Blatter's remarks came in the week Fifa announced they were looking to expand the number of women-only positions on the governing body's executive committee from one to three with Dodd being considered for one of the new positions.
You might remember Sepp's previous contribution to advancing women's rights in football in 2004
"Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball,
"They could, for example, have tighter shorts.
"Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so, and they already have some different rules to men - such as playing with a lighter ball.
"That decision was taken to create a more female aesthetic, so why not do it in fashion?"
