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FIFA in turmoil due to corruption row

Updated on: 29 May,2011 09:29 AM IST  | 
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The battle for the FIFA presidency was thrown further into turmoil on Friday as football's governing body announced they have opened a probe for alleged corruption against president Sepp Blatter

FIFA in turmoil due to corruption row

The battle for the FIFA presidency was thrown further into turmoil on Friday as football's governing body announced they have opened a probe for alleged corruption against president Sepp Blatter.

Blatter will appear before FIFA's ethics committee on Sunday after claims he knew about alleged cash payments at the centre of an investigation targeting his election rival Mohamed Bin Hammam.

Bin Hammam had demanded the corruption investigation be widened to include Blatter on Thursday as the two men prepare to contest a June 1 election for control of world football.

The announcement came two days after Bin Hammam, FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and two Caribbean Football Union officials were summoned to the ethics committee to answer corruption allegations.

Bin Hammam and Warner were targeted after Chuck Blazer, general secretary of regional footballing body CONCACAF, reported possible misdeeds during a May 10 and 11 meeting in Trinidad.




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