A 2007 email shows FIFA President Sepp Blatter and then-South African President Thabo Mbeki held "discussions" over the $10 million that ultimately went to allegedly corrupt senior soccer executives as payback for supporting the country's World Cup bid.
Sepp Blatter hit the headline again on Tuesday by unexpectedly announcing that he would step down as FIFA president just four days after he was elected for the fifth term.
Not even the most hopeful of Sepp Blatter's critics could have seen it coming this soon.
Sepp Blatter unexpectedly says he will step down as FIFA president in the wake of a corruption investigation that reportedly may include himself.
FIFA is facing a turning point in its history with the end of president Sepp Blatter's 17-year grip on power.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced unexpectedly in Zurich that he will lay down his mandate at an extraordinary elective Congress.
Brazilian football great Pele said he was pleased Tuesday's friendly between the Cuban national team and his former club the New York Cosmos might help foster better relations between the United States and Cuba, which have embarked on detente.
U.S. prosecutors believe FIFA President Sepp Blatter's top lieutenant made $10 million in bank transactions that are central to the bribery investigation of the world soccer body, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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