
By Philip O'Connor STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - French World Cup winner Lilian Thuram has criticized FIFA's decision to dissolve its anti-racism task force, telling Reuters he found the decision "shocking". FIFA wrote to members in September to say it was disbanding the task force set up by then boss Sepp Blatter in 2013, and declaring that it had "completely fulfilled its temporary mission". "I am extremely shocked that such an important organization that can reach millions of people, especially children, can say in 2016, in this global political situation, 'the job is done'," he told Reuters in Stockholm, where he was speaking on the subject of racism for his Lilian Thuram Foundation.
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