Sepp Blatter

The European Parliament adopted a non-legislative resolution on Thursday calling on FIFA to select an interim president to replace the incumbent Sepp Blatter.

The Parliament notes that the recent corruption allegations have seriously damaged the credibility and the integrity of international football.

Former Brazil star Zico on Wednesday confirmed he will stand in the election to succeed Sepp Blatter as president of FIFA, although he admitted he may struggle to find enough support.
 
"I would like to confirm the decision to be a candidate," the 62-year-old told a news conference.
 

FIFA postponed the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup due to the alleged financial irregularities surrounding the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.

FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke said that it was a "nonsense" to begin the process in the current climate, the BBC reports.

FIFA admitted of having made a payment of EUR 5 M to the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to stop legal action initiated by the Irish.

Ireland launched the legal action after the team was controversially defeated by France in the play-off for the 2010 World Cup, the BBC reports.

US prosecutors have detailed evidence of corruption at the highest levels of FIFA, tainting the award of hosting rights to the 1998 and 2010 World Cups, as police investigations spread June 3 to Australia.

Organisers of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have indicated they will not relinquish the right to host soccer's showpiece event easily, whatever the fall-out from Sepp Blatter's decision to step down as FIFA president. 

Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter, aged 79, is under investigation by FBI and US prosecutors following a corruption scandal that has rocked the international football scene. News reports that Blatter announced his intention to resign from his post as FIFA president on Tuesday coincides with a probe into his activities following the arrest of 14 FIFA officials.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has resigned in a stunning capitulation to exultant critics as a US investigation reportedly draws closer to ensnaring the most powerful man in world sport.
 

Sepp Blatter, who is to resign as FIFA President, is a focus of a federal corruption investigation, US media outlets quote officials as saying.

The new came just hours after Blatter announced he wound step down.

The world football players' union FIFPro on Tuseday welcomed the decision of FIFA President Sepp Blatter to step down as a move that "creates an overdue and unique opportunity to fundamentally reform the governance of football."