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Joseph Blatter announces his resignation
FIFA President Joseph Blatter has announced that he will resign due to a corruption scandal. An extraordinary federation congress will be convened to select a replacement for him.
"Even though I have a [trust] mandate from FIFA, I don't feel like I'm trusted by the whole football world," said . Blatter
FIFA spokesman Domenico Scala announced that the federation's extraordinary congress would be convened between December 2015 and March 2016.
Joseph Blatter: “The interests of FIFA are dear to me. That is why I made this decision. What's important to me is FIFA as an institution and football around the world." (English.)
- Joseph Blatter has served as FIFA President since 1998. On May 29, 2015, he was re-elected for the fifth time.
- On the eve of the elections, on May 28, seven high-ranking FIFA officials were detained at a hotel in Zurich at the request of the United States. They are accused of taking bribes and kickbacks in FIFA for more than 20 years. We are talking about bribes in the sale of rights to television broadcasts, as well as the country's election to host the 2010 World Cup.
- At the same time, Switzerland is investigating the legality of choosing Russia and Qatar as host countries for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.