How the world reacted to Sepp Blatter's resignation
Comment / Sport How the world reacted to Sepp Blatter's resignation By Elliott Day 03 June 15 Some of the biggest names in world football react to Sepp Blatter's shock resignation as Fifa president,...
View ArticleFIFA Scandal: Sepp Blatter Insists That He Did Not Resign
It has been 23 days since the apparent resignation from FIFA however, speaking at a party, Blatter spoke with an air of confidence quoting the great Pablo Picasso and outlining that he did not...
View ArticleFifa stress Sepp Blatter will not stand for presidency
In what is becoming a regular pattern, Fifa has been forced to insist hurriedly that Sepp Blatter will not stand again for the presidency and will “lay down his mandate” as promised. Blatter sparked a...
View ArticleSepp Blatter, FIFA President, Says 'I Did Not Resign'
Despite announcing earlier this month that he would step down as FIFA president, Sepp Blatter felt the need to clarify Thursday that he has not resigned from office and has no intention of showing...
View ArticleFIFA needs Blatter to leave now
Less than a week after he was elected president of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) for a fifth consecutive term, the man who has ruled the soccer world for almost two...
View ArticleBlatter's future as president at stake in FIFA election
ZURICH — The future of soccer's embattled governing body was at stake Friday as Sepp Blatter sought a fifth term as FIFA president amid the biggest corruption crisis in the organization's 111-year...
View ArticleFIFA: Blatter not making U-turn on pledge to leave office
GENEVA — FIFA President Sepp Blatter has not made a U-turn on his plans to leave office, the governing body said Friday. FIFA responded after Swiss daily Blick reported comments made by Blatter late...
View ArticleSepp Blatter resignation: Gary Lineker on 'seminal moment' for Fifa
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Former England captain Gary Lineker says Fifa must grasp the chance to change following the resignation of Sepp Blatter. Share this story...
View ArticleThe Best Twitter Reactions To Sepp Blatter's Resignation As FIFA President
In a press conference on Tuesday in Zurich, Switzerland, Sepp Blatter banished himself to the shadow realm. He's gone -- or, at least, he says he will be -- which means that after 17 years of misuse...
View ArticleThe end of Sepp Blatter's tenure at Fifa: what happens now?
Sepp Blatter’s resignation has sparked a number of questions, including what happens to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups ...
View ArticleDavid Beckham hits out at ‘despicable’ Fifa over corruption allegations
• Former England captain releases strongly-worded statement ...
View ArticlePrince Ali out to wrestle FIFA from Blatter
ZURICH: As a former wrestler and army officer, Jordan's Prince Ali bin Hussein is the figure bidding to pry control of football's governing-body FIFA from current president Sepp Blatter on Friday. The...
View ArticleSepp Blatter resigns: Election to be held in December at the earliest, Fifa says
Sepp Blatter has stepped down as Fifa president, amid a corruption scandal that has plunged the organisation into an unprecedented crisis. He announced his departure at a surprise press conference in...
View ArticleSepp Blatter has a ridiculous explanation for why he can't be held...
Sepp Blatter is expected to be re-elected president of FIFA on Friday. In his speech to the FIFA congress on before the election, he was as defiant as ever as more people call for his resignation in...
View ArticleFIFA PRESIDENT SEPP BLATTER TO RESIGN
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...
View ArticleFifa uncovered: But publication of the Garcia report cannot wipe the slate
It was with characteristic self-belief that Fifa’s president Sepp Blatter declared yesterday that “the crisis at Fifa is over”. Few outside the world of football’s governing body, however, will set...
View ArticleFIFA arrests: Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray call for change at the top
Spain's Rafael Nadal has backed the call for change at FIFA. Photo: PATRICK KOVARIK Tennis superstars Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray waded into the great soccer corruption scandal on Thursday, suggesting...
View ArticleFifa crisis: Sepp Blatter 'raging against the dying of the light'
During the Cold War analysts in the West had to decipher the politics of the Soviet Union using any small scrap of information they could find. The order by which members of the ruling politburo were...
View ArticleSepp Blatter is not going to remain FIFA president, despite him saying 'I did...
See Also Sepp Blatter caused yet another firestorm this week when he said he did not resign as president of FIFA at a party, according to the Swiss newspaper Blick (via the BBC). “I did not resign,”...
View ArticleFifa president Blatter refuses Platini’s call to step down
Fifa president Sepp Blatter showed no signs of bowing to international pressure to resign as he appeared for the first time since senior football officials were arrested over “rampant” corruption...
View ArticleFifa corruption arrests: Football teams across Europe may pull out of 2018...
International football teams across Europe may pull out of the 2018 World Cup in Russia if Sepp Blatter is re-elected as the president of Fifa, the head of Uefa has warned, after allegations of...
View ArticleSepp Blatter: Fifa president's resignation speech in full
Full text of Sepp Blatter speech on 2 June announcing he is to resign as Fifa president after 17 years. "I have been reflecting deeply about my presidency and about the 40 years in which my life has...
View ArticleBlatter out of sight as FIFA corruption scandal deepens
ZURICH: FIFA president Sepp Blatter kept out of sight for the second successive day on Thursday when he failed to show up at a medical conference the day after world soccer's governing body was plunged...
View ArticleBlatter says vote for Russia, Qatar the root of FIFA crisis
The worst corruption crisis in soccer history stems from the governing body's decision to award Russia and Qatar the next two World Cup tournaments, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Friday. Blatter...
View ArticleFrom the mire of corruption, a Fifa leader emerges, it’s … Blatter
Zurich was host to football’s predictable, unedifying spectacle of Sepp Blatter’s re-election in world sport’s most rotten borough ...
View ArticleEven with Sepp Blatter out of the way, FIFA's future still uncertain
Two years ago, Alexandra Wrage resigned from FIFA's Independent Governance Committee in protest of what the anti-corruption expert believed were watered-down efforts to reform the organization.lRelated...
View ArticleSepp Blatter has a ridiculous explanation for why he can't be held...
View photo. (Getty Images) Sepp Blatter is expected to be re-elected president of FIFA on Friday. In his speech to the FIFA congress on before the election, he was as defiant as ever as more people...
View ArticleWhy did Sepp Blatter resign and what now for FIFA?
Key questions about what happens next for FIFA Jun 3:Sepp Blatter back at work as president at FIFA headquartersJun 2:Sepp Blatter's 17-year rule in soccer marked by growth, scandalText of Sepp...
View ArticleFIFA president Sepp Blatter announces his resignation. Why now?
In a dramatic decision Tuesday, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced that he is stepping down from his post amid allegations of corruption within the organization. Mr. Blatter’s resignation comes less...
View ArticleSepp Blatter Resigns as FIFA President
Sepp Blatter has resigned as FIFA president, following a massive bribery scandal that rocked the soccer world recently. “I have thoroughly thought about my presidency and the 40 years FIFA has played...
View ArticleFormer Fifa insider says Sepp Blatter must go if reform is to succeed
A demonstration against FIFA and Sepp Blatter at the 65th FIFA Congress in Zurich, Switzerland Photograph: REX Shutterstock/REX Shutterstock ...
View ArticleWith Blatter gone, can FIFA be fixed?
(CNN)The one thing that FIFA may have already learned from the scandal that rocked its luxury hotel doors in Switzerland last week? Image is everything. In a move that stunned many, the most powerful...
View ArticleBlatter's long goodbye fuels critics urging quick FIFA exit
Add comment Reprints + - FIFA President Sepp Blatter speaks during a news conference at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Sepp Blatter says he will resign from his...
View ArticleAct now to clean out the stables Fifa
Sepp Blatter resigns - video. 'Perhaps we should take him at his word, that he knows that Fifa just cannot continue as it has been and that the prerequisite of any change is his ......
View ArticleAct now to clean out the stables Fifa | David Goldblatt
Sepp Blatter resigns - video. 'Perhaps we should take him at his word, that he knows that Fifa just cannot continue as it has been and that the prerequisite of any change is his ......
View ArticleSepp Blatter says FIFA can't be fixed by a new president
View photo. (Reuters) FIFA President Sepp Blatter In the wake of a $150 million corruption scandal, and a new presidential election still six months off following Sepp Blatter's shocking resignation,...
View ArticleFIFA sponsors demand Blatter resign
Top FIFA sponsors on Friday joined forces to demand Sepp Blatter’s immediate resignation, dealing a fresh blow to the scandal-tainted world soccer chief even as he vowed to cling to power. In separate...
View ArticlePele wants Blatter, FIFA to come clean
Three-time World Cup winner and global football icon Pele is keen for Sepp Blatter to come forward and set the record straight on FIFA. Pele has urged Sepp Blatter to give an honest account of his time...
View ArticleSepp Blatter resignation from Fifa is great news - Greg Dyke
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Football Association chairman Greg Dyke says Sepp Blatter's resignation as Fifa president is "great news for football" and "long overdue"....
View ArticleFifa corruption: 'My honest father was forced out,' claims Sepp Blatter's...
Sepp Blatter was forced to announce his resignation because of a “conspiracy” against him involving European football boss Michel Platini, the Fifa president’s daughter...
View ArticleNo question that Fifa was the story that kept on giving in 2015
It’s inventory time here in the toy department. Once a year the world of sports looks back to designate the stories and athletes who were most noteworthy over the previous 365 days. But no matter how...
View ArticleJohn Oliver Eviscerates Bud Light Lime as Part of Promise to FIFA Sponsors...
A man of his word, “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver aggressively chugged a Bud Light Lime during the HBO show on Sunday in response to FIFA president Sepp Blatter resigning last week. Budweiser is...
View ArticleSepp Blatter quits: Who will replace the Fifa president? Michel Platini and...
Sepp Blatter has announced that he is standing down as president of Fifa. The Swiss, who has been in charge of world football's governing body since 1998, only won a fifth term as president last...
View ArticleAct now to clean out the stables, Fifa
Sepp Blatter has been pulling rabbits out of hats for nearly two decades. When all has seemed lost he has outmanoeuvred opponents, deflected criticism, avoided investigation and, just last Friday, got...
View ArticleSepp Blatter's gone - now it's time to split Asia into two conferences
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