Can Football Save The World?

According to AC Milan footballer Kakha Kaladze Milan owner and Italian PM Silvio Burlusconi contacted Russian PM Vladimir Putin to discuss Russia's invasion/intervention into Georgia's South Ossetia region at Kalaze's request.
From Goal.com:

Milan defender Kaladze, a Georgian who personally asked Italian PM Berlusconi to help, has revealed that it was the Rossoneri owner who was responsible for stopping the war. "The world does not know it, but it was Silvio Berlusconi who stopped the war in Georgia. For this reason I thank him," Kaladze revealed to ANSA (Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata). "Berlusconi has always been very close to the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. "The two of them are very good friends. It was his intervention to stop the war between Georgia and Russia. I know that the Italian premier spent over five hours on the phone with Putin to try to stop this delicate situation.

So the answer is yes ... evidently Football can save the world.