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Nobel Peace Center ends working relationship with FIFA

The Nobel Peace Center has announced that it will stop working with FIFA on the joint fair-play "Handshake for Peace" initiative.

The governing board of the Nobel Peace Center, which is appointed by the famed Nobel Peace Prize committee, made the announcement on Monday after discussing its cooperation with football's world governing body, which is mired in a corruption scandal.

Without mentioning the allegations, the board said it had asked the center's administrators to end the relationship.

A statement from the Oslo-based center said: "The board asks the administration to terminate the cooperation with FIFA as soon as circumstances allow.

"The board also asks the administration to start a dialogue with the Norwegian Football Association for the Handshake for Peace initiative to continue in the future."

Information from The Associated Press and Press Association was used in this report.

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