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FIFA Officials Arrested

"Comedian who threw cash at Blatter to be charged"

When I read that headline i was sure he had been charged by FIFA, such is their flagrant disregard for rules and law.

 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33681460

Fifa wants 'independent' leader for reform taskforce
Fifa has said its reform taskforce will be chaired by an independent person from outside of football.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter announced plans last week to form an 11-person panel to review football's scandal-hit world governing body.

Domenico Scala had earlier said he would only lead the taskforce if he is guaranteed full independence.

The Swiss businessman is already the independent chair of Fifa's audit and compliance committee.

Scala was believed to have been prepared to lead the taskforce, after meeting presidents of three of Fifa's six continental confederations.

But a spokesman for Scala told BBC Sport: "Domenico Scala never applied for such a chairmanship."

He added that the post would only be considered "under the strict condition" that "independence was guaranteed".

As well as being led by an independent chair, the taskforce will have two representatives from the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), Concacaf (North, Central America and the Caribbean) and Uefa (Europe), as well as one representative from each of Conmebol (South America) and the OFC (Oceania).

In a statement, Fifa said representatives from federations would not necessarily have to be "members of the football community" and the confederations could decide that themselves.

Blatter, who has announced his intention to stand down as president,has said presidential term limits and integrity checks for top officials are potential areas of reform.

Recommendations are due to be presented at the next meeting of Fifa's executive committee in Zurich on 24 and 25 September.

The prospect of Scala leading an independent review of Fifa was described as "laughable" by campaign group New Fifa Now.

More to follow.

 
Am guessing that Putin thinks he should receive the prize for literature given the number of stories that Blatter has produced.

 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34363289

Fifa President Sepp Blatter is currently being questioned by representatives of the Swiss attorney general.

In a statement, the attorney general's office said it had opened "criminal proceedings" against Mr Blatter.

It said he was being investigated "on suspicion of criminal mismanagement as well as - alternatively - on suspicion of misappropriation".

Earlier, Fifa cancelled a press conference at its Zurich headquarters.

The Swiss attorney general's office said the investigation surrounds a TV rights deal Mr Blatter signed with former Caribbean football chief Jack Warner in 2005.

Mr Blatter is also suspected of "a disloyal payment" in 2011 to UEFA president Michel Platini, the statement said.

Fifa said it was co-operating with the Swiss attorney general and had complied with its requests for information.

"We will continue this level of co-operation throughout the investigation," it said.

 
To see Blatter and Platini tried and, if found guilty, sentenced accordingly, would be the start of a new dawn for football.

Wondering what old time poster Liam is making of these developments.

 
Surely Platini can't run for presidency now and should be suspended from UEFA until it's over.

The FA will look like mugs if Platini is guilty - they've already said they will vote for him.

 
I haven't looked in the Narco thread but after seeing a few episodes I bet you could merge it with this one, switch Pablo Escobar with Sepp Blatter and Cocaine with FIFA, and no one could tell the difference.

 
Blatter has announced that he will stay.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34384930

Sepp Blatter to stay as Fifa president despite investigation
Sepp Blatter has said he will not stand down as Fifa president despite criminal proceedings being opened against him by Swiss investigators.

The Swiss, 79, is suspected of signing a contract that was "unfavourable to Fifa" and making a "disloyal payment" to Uefa president Michel Platini.

Blatter, who will stand down as Fifa president in February, said he "had done nothing illegal or improper".

Platini, 60, has written a letter to Uefa members denying any wrongdoing.

In a statement released through his lawyers, Blatter said a £1.5m payment made to Platini, the head of European football's governing body, in 2011 was "valid compensation and nothing more".

Both men are also facing investigation by Fifa's independent ethics committee over the payment, which Platini said was for work as Blatter's technical advisor between 1999 and 2002.

Platini, who was interviewed as a witness by officers from the attorney general's office, stressed that the payment had been "fully declared" to the authorities.

The Frenchman said he was "aware that these events may harm my image and reputation" and released a statement for "reasons of transparency".

World governing body Fifa, which has been hit by a string of corruption allegations in recent years, has said it is co-operating with the investigation.

 
A few days after the US Environmental Protection Agency published a report about Volkswagen fiddling emission figures on diesel cars in the States the head of the German car company resigned. He may or may not have known about the problem but it was on his watch and did the right thing. Blatter, take note of what has happened at Volkswagen and perhaps you'll do the same. Can't see it though.

 
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