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David Beckham hits out at ‘despicable’ Fifa over corruption allegations

• Former England captain releases strongly-worded statement ...

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Prince 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...

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Sepp 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...

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Sepp 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...

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FIFA 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...

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Fifa 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...

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FIFA 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...

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Fifa 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...

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Sepp 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,”...

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Fifa 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...

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Fifa 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...

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Sepp 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...

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Blatter 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...

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Blatter 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...

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From 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 ...

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Even 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...

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Sepp 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...

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Why 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...

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FIFA 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...

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Sepp 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...

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