Zurich: FIFA president Sepp Blatter Thursday faced angry demands to step down after US indictments and the dawn arrests of top officials engulfed world football in the biggest crisis yet of his 17-year reign. Stunned by the arrests of senior FIFA figures, top sponsors who pour millions into world football, including Coca-Cola, Adidas, McDonald's and Visa, pressed the global body to clean itself up.


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Visa said that unless FIFA rebuilds its culture with "strong ethical practices" at its heart, "we have informed them that we will reassess our sponsorship". FIFA was adamant that despite the arrests early Wednesday of the seven officials in a luxury Zurich hotel, its annual congress and leadership vote would go ahead as planned this week.