"I resigned because I felt I was no longer able to develop the game from my position, " Shoubeir told BBC Sport.

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The first is true (I resigned as foreign minister because of that) but the second is false.

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"If I was concerned about that, I would have resigned, because that would make the most sense, because then it goes away, " Ensign said then as he announced he would retire after 2012.

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