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The former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has been accused by Hope Solo, the USA women’s football team goalkeeper, of having assaulted her at Fifa’s Ballon d’Or awards ceremony in January 2013. In an interview with the Portuguese newspaper Expresso, being published on Saturday, Solo, 36, claimed she “had Sepp Blatter grab my ass” at the glittering presentation of Fifa’s annual football awards for achievement during 2012.