Fifa

Fifa has denied reports that its general secretary, Jérôme Valcke, authorised a $10m (€9.2m) payment from the South African government to Jack Warner, a former vice-president of football’s global governing body, in order to secure votes for South Africa to host the 2010 World Cup.

Sepp Blatter hit out at his critics and the US investigators leading a corruption investigation into Fifa after securing another term as president of football’s global governing body on Friday.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter tonight (Friday) secured a fifth term in office for the four-year period spanning 2015 to 2019 as rival candidate Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein of Jordan withdrew after the first round of voting.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter insisted he is the right man to lead football’s global governing body through the biggest scandal in its history as he made a final plea to voters ahead of this (Friday) afternoon’s election.

Uefa president Michel Platini has said that most of the member associations of football’s European governing body will vote for Jordan's Prince Ali bin Al Hussein to succeed Sepp Blatter as the next Fifa president, as the sport’s stakeholders continued to wrestle with the latest scandal to hit world football today (Thursday).

Football’s European governing body Uefa has led the calls for the scheduled election for the presidency of Fifa tomorrow (Friday) to be postponed amidst the crisis enveloping the sport’s global governing body.

Fifa presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein has called for leadership that “restores confidence” in football’s global governing body following a dramatic day of revelations.

The Russian government has made further cuts to the budget for preparations for the 2018 Fifa World Cup national team football tournament.

Nine Fifa executives and five corporate executives were arrested on suspicion of corruption, while the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Switzerland opened separate criminal proceedings in relation to the allocation of the Fifa 2018 and 2022 World Cups, as a decisive week in the future of football’s global governing body took a stunning twist this morning.

Fifa will continue to “lack credibility” if Sepp Blatter remains president of football’s global governing body, according to Michel Platini, the president of the sport’s European governing body, Uefa.

Former Portugal footballer Luis Figo has become the latest candidate for the Fifa presidency to pull out of the race ahead of next week’s election.

Fifa presidential candidates Luis Figo and Michael van Praag have moved to play down reports that they will quit the race to pool their resources behind the claims of Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has voiced his opposition to proposals to expand the number of teams at the World Cup, stating his desire to retain the current 32-team model if he is re-elected to his position at football’s global governing body.

World football’s governing body Fifa has today (Wednesday) issued an eight-year ban to former vice-president Reynald Temarii, while the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has suspended general secretary Alex Soosay amid further fallout from corruption scandals revolving around Qatari powerbroker Mohamed bin Hammam.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has claimed he has tried to “tame the monster” of football’s commercial success, as he seeks to secure a fifth term as head of the world governing body at this month’s election.

Fifa has hit out at German rights partner ARD after the public-service broadcaster aired a documentary surrounding the bidding process and preparations for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in Russia and Qatar.