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Blatter...with resignations timing is everything

Sepp Blatter’s re-election has turned out to be a somewhat pyrhhic victory. For the man in power since 1998 to leave now means that something behind

Sport

FIFA presidency: Who's next?

With Switzerland’s Sepp Blatter announcing he will resign as the president of FIFA after 17 years in the role, attention will now turn to who will

World News

'Courageous' or 'good news?' World football reacts to Blatter's departure

As Sepp Blatter permanently benches himself from the beautiful game, reactions to his sudden departure from FIFA have been flooding in. Michel

Switzerland

US report claims FBI opens corruption inquiry into FIFA president Sepp Blatter

FIFA chief Sepp Blatter has said that he is to step down just four days after being re-elected to a fifth term.

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Fifagate: Further pressure on Blatter as allegations of 10m dollar bribe emerge

The UK Press Association (PA) says it has obtained evidence proving FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke was aware of a 10-million-dollar payment to

Business Series

Crude crunch: OPEC expected to resist pressure to increase output

All eyes are on Vienna for this week’s OPEC meeting amid a rift between members of the cartel and other major oil producing countries. The issue is

Switzerland

FIFA corruption probe: more arrests and suspensions

US prosecutors investigating FIFA corruption believe Sepp Blatter’s top lieutenant made 10 million dollars in bank transactions central to the

Sport

The Corner: Messi magic, Gunners glory and leaky goals in China

Lionel Messi inspired Barcelona to a 3-1 win over Athletic Bilbao to win the Copa del Rey and close in on a treble winning season with just the

World News

What makes sports bodies like FIFA "fertile for corruption"?

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FIFA Almighty: 'bigger than the UN'

The headquarters of the almighty FIFA, football’s world governing body, sit in splendour in Zurich, Switzerland. It was founded by Denmark, France

Switzerland

Defiant Blatter hits back at critics after FIFA re-election

Sepp Blatter has turned on his critics following his re-election as head of football’s world governing body for a fifth term. FIFA’s president

Switzerland

Blatter re-elected for fifth term as FIFA president

Not even the corruption scandal that has recently hit FIFA could stop Sepp Blatter being re-elected for a fifth term as President of world football’s

World News

FIFA's Blatter wins reelection after two rounds of votes

UPDATE : Sepp Blatter wins FIFA presidential vote after Prince Ali withdraws his candidacy for the second round of voting. Sepp Blatter unexpectedly

Switzerland

FIFA: Palestinians drop vote to get Israel suspended from world football

A handshake between the representatives of Israeli and Palestinian football associations at the FIFA congress marks the end of the motion to get

Switzerland

Blatter the unsinkable amid FIFA's corruption storm

The small Swiss town of Visp where Joseph Blatter grew up is surrounded by mountains – yet the young Sepp’s destiny was to be far from Alpine peaks

Switzerland

(UPDATE) FIFA's other match: Palestinians drop motion to suspend Israel from world football

The Palestinians have complained for years that Israel discriminates against its players and officials, but the PFA president has been persuaded to back down on FIFA vote.

Switzerland

Sepp Blatter shrugs off scandal ahead of FIFA presidential vote

Embattled FIFA President Sepp Blatter appeared unfazed as the 65th Congress of football’s world governing body opened in Zurich. His speech to the

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Protesters demand the resignation of FIFA's Blatter

Switzerland

Sepp Blatter expected to be reelected as FIFA president despite corruption scandal

Sepp Blatter appears relaxed about his reelection as FIFA president, even as world soccer’s governing body is engulfed in corruption charges. Blatter

Switzerland

Sepp Blatter: corruption scandal casts 'long shadow over football'

FIFA President Sepp Blatter says the latest corruption scandal to hit the governing body has cast a “long shadow over football.” Speaking at the