FIFA president Sepp Blatter's decision to resign amid corruption allegations at soccer's governing body is a relief for corporate sponsors who have called for more transparency at the organization, sports marketing experts said on Tuesday.
Peru fans take $800 taxi to get to World Cup game
Leading sponsors of football's world governing body have demanded independent oversight of FIFA's reform process in an open letter published on Tuesday ahead of a key meeting to finalise proposed reforms at the scandal-plagued organisation.
It took the Danish beer maker eight years to move among the top three.
Women's World Cup officials and sponsors expressed concern over the corruption scandal swirling around world soccer's governing body.
The English city's unheralded football club is on the brink of becoming league champions for the first time in their 132-year history, with just three defeats all season.
Microsoft saw its shares fall 2.6% on Monday.
World Cup sponsors are in an awkward position, experts said, because they are under pressure from consumers to distance themselves from any corruption, but such sponsorships are lucrative in the long term.
The deal would involve Pfizer paying with 11.3 of its shares for each Allergan share.
The United States Soccer Federation said in a statement on the new charges that its hosting of the 2016 Copa America Centenario tournament would go ahead as planned.
Nike Inc and some other big international companies face a grilling over their powerful role in Brazilian soccer.
Eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud "bang" from inside the venue.
