Senators call for reforms of US soccer body at FIFA corruption hearing
FIFA's director of communications Walter de Gregorio is to resign after making a joke on television.
The race to succeed Sepp Blatter as president of Fifa is picking up steam and there is a scramble for nominations.
History is not likely to be so kind to the 79-year-old Swiss, who only recently compared himself to a mountain goat that keeps "going and going and going and cannot be stopped." Instead, his name is likely to be associated with the succession of corruption scandals which occurred on his watch.
The committee also handed out a 90-day suspension to FIFA Secretary-General Jerome Valcke, who had already been put on leave by the football body, and banned former FIFA Vice-President Chung Mong-joon for six years and fined him 100,000 Swiss francs (67,021).
The spotlight at next week's FIFA Congress will fall on the presidential election - but the real key to the future of football's beleaguered governing body is embedded in a document with the unglamorous title 'Draft statutes - Congress 2016'.
Asked about the popularity of the Indian Super League, and whether FIFA will recognize it, secretary-general Jerome Valcke was quick to point out that for the world body there is only one league and that's the I-League. Manu Shankar reports
Sepp Blatter's shock resignation as FIFA president should allow people to now focus on events on the pitch .
UEFA president Michel Platini has said he intends to ignore FIFA requests and not return a luxury watch valued at 25,000 Swiss francs ($26,600), given to him by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
Sepp Blatter could still perform a U-turn on his promise to stand down as FIFA president, a former adviser said on Monday, while FIFA did not directly deny the possibility.
Emotional Platini says Blatter must go for good of FIFA.
'It was not an agreement, this was his proposal and of course it (then) went to the vote at the (FIFA) executive committee'
Blatter quits FIFA; under investigation by US prosecutors, FBI.
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