View photo. (Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann ) FIFA president Sepp Blatter FIFA president Sepp Blatter is resigning as president of FIFA amid a growing corruption scandal, he announced on Tuesday at a surprise press conference. "While I have a mandate from the membership of FIFA, I do not feel that I have a mandate from the entire world of football — the fans, the players, the clubs, the people who live, breathe and love football as much as we all do at FIFA," he said. "Therefore, I have decided to lay down my mandate at an extraordinary elective Congress." There will be an "extraordinary congress" of FIFA and a new president will be elected, at which time he will step down the post he has held since...
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