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Collina announces retirement
Updated: 2005-09-06 11:14
![Italian referee Pierluigi Collina poses in front of Opel cars in a promotional photograph released by the auto maker August 29, 2005. The sudden resignation of referee Pierluigi Collina has left many Italians debating whether soccer's best-known match official was forced to quit. The five-times world referee of the year resigned from the Italian Association of Referees (AIA) on Monday after refusing to renounce an 800,000-euros per year sponsorship deal with German car manufacturer Opel. Picture released August 29, 2005. [Reuters]](xin_08090206111633011161.jpg)
![Italian referee Pierluigi Collina poses in front of Opel cars in a promotional photograph released by the auto maker August 29, 2005. The sudden resignation of referee Pierluigi Collina has left many Italians debating whether soccer's best-known match official was forced to quit. The five-times world referee of the year resigned from the Italian Association of Referees (AIA) on Monday after refusing to renounce an 800,000-euros per year sponsorship deal with German car manufacturer Opel. Picture released August 29, 2005. [Reuters]](xin_080902061116517157492.jpg)
Italian referee Pierluigi Collina poses in front of Opel cars in a
promotional photograph released by the auto maker August 29, 2005. The sudden
resignation of referee Pierluigi Collina has left many Italians debating whether
soccer's best-known match official was forced to quit. The five-times world
referee of the year resigned from the Italian Association of Referees (AIA) on
Monday after refusing to renounce an 800,000-euros per year sponsorship deal
with German car manufacturer Opel. Picture released August 29, 2005.
[Reuters]
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