Kyrgyzstan: Barcelona soccer tie-up raises conflict of interest questions
In the end, the soccer match was a damp squib.
As had been trailed, Kyrgyzstan's president Sadyr Japarov joined a team of veteran Central Asian players for the August 30 match-off in Bishkek's main stadium against old-timers from legendary Catalan giants Barcelona.
In the 25 minutes for which he was on the field, Japarov barely saw the ball. He hung around Barcelona's p