Chuck Blazer, the disgraced US football executive whose admissions of corruption set off a global scandal that ultimately toppled Fifa president Sepp Blatter, has died at the age of 72.

Ireland will still have their work cut out to navigate through World Cup qualification despite the expansion of finalists from 32 to 48.

As Donald Trump’s election as US president continues to reverberate around the sporting world, United States soccer captain Michael Bradley admits the crucial World Cup qualifier against Mexico tomorrow night now carries added significance.

FIFA vice-president Victor Montagliani has suggested football might still be blighted by corruption if Russia and Qatar had not been chosen to host the next two World Cups.

Global football body FIFA has applied to US authorities for tens of millions of dollars in damages from ex-officials indicted there for graft and recognised for the first time executives had in the past “sold” votes in World Cup hosting contests.

For most of his 17 years at the helm of Fifa, Sepp Blatter travelled the world to be feted like a head of state, with VIP treatment for his private jet, police escorts to whisk his limousine to the best hotel in town, and gala banquets in his honour.

Disgraced former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has claimed there is no coincidence that his lifetime ban has been announced at the same time that Sepp Blatter is engulfed by a storm of controversy.

Chuck Blazer was banned for life by Fifa’s ethics committee for widespread corruption, finally ending the career of the long-time most senior American in world football.

The $10m sent from FIFA to Jack Warner never appeared in the annual accounts of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) and nor did FIFA track the money to ensure it had been invested correctly, it can be disclosed.

Jack Warner’s legal battle against extradition to the United States on corruption charges could ’possibly last years’ and even end up being heard by the Privy Council, the Attorney General of Trinidad has said.

He just had to be involved, didn’t he? 

Fifa whistleblower Chuck Blazer has said he and others took bribes for South Africa to host the 2010 World Cup, in a testimony published by the United States Department of Justice.

"Poor Sepp Blatter," wrote John Cleese on Twitter last Friday. "Just a couple of hundred rotten apples, and he has to carry the can".

Former Fifa vice president Jack Warner turned himself over to police in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday, shortly after they issued an arrest warrant at the request of authorities in the US, where he was one of 14 people linked to international soccer indicted on corruption charges.

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The decision to clear Qatar and Russia to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups has been thrown into chaos after FIFA’s chief ethics investigator Michael Garcia announced he will appeal against the ruling on his investigation into bidding for the tournaments.

Qatar have been cleared to host the 2022 World Cup after FIFA’s ethics committee’s investigation into bidding but there is severe embarrassment for England over their bid for the 2018 tournament.

The insertion of an anti-discrimination clause into the GAA's Official Guide is the next step in the association's fight against racism, according to Sport Against Racism Ireland's Ken McCue

FIFA is set to follow England’s lead and bring in a mandatory five-match ban for players found guilty of racism plus points deductions for clubs where fans are serial offenders.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has reaffirmed his commitment to tackling racism in football after being "appalled" by racist abuse that occurred during last night's Serie A meeting between AC Milan and Roma.

Countries hoping to host matches at Euro 2020 have been banned from offering incentives or cash gifts to UEFA members during the bidding process.

Chelsea shook off their Japanese jet lag as an early second-half blitz brushed aside Monterrey to set up a Club World Cup final against Corinthians.

Jack Warner will not face prosecution in his home country of Trinidad over the alleged FIFA bribery scandal.

Sepp Blatter's unopposed re-election as FIFA president last year should be the subject of an internal investigation into whether he unfairly exploited his position, according to a Council of Europe assembly committee.

SEPP BLATTER has claimed Michel Platini is “ready” to succeed him as the head of FIFA — and that the Frenchman will make a good president of the game’s world governing body.

FIFA have rejected an appeal by leading Caribbean official Lisle Austin against a one-year ban.

Mohamed Bin Hammam will take his battle against a lifetime ban for bribery to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after losing an appeal against the punishment.

Former FIFA executive Mohamed Bin Hammam has called the decision to ban him for life “deeply flawed” but believes trying to clear his name may prove difficult in the face of “tactical games” from the governing body as he launched his formal appeal.

Mohamed Bin Hammam has claimed the cash given to members of the Caribbean Football Union during his campaign for the FIFA presidency was simply payment to cover their expenses as he launched a stinging attack on the governing body for his life ban.

Mohamed bin Hammam will fight for his future in football today when the FIFA ethics committee hearing into bribery allegations begins.

Jack Warner has described as “nonsense” claims by one of his close associates that he voted for Qatar instead of the United States to be hosts of the 2022 World Cup.

Brazil’s slow pace of preparation for the 2014 World Cup has come under attack from FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke.

FIFA have confirmed that Jack Warner will appear as a witness into the continuing investigation into bribery claims despite his resignation.

JACK WARNER, the man at the centre of the FIFA bribery scandal, yesterday resigned from all his positions in international football saying he had been “hung out to dry”.

Jack Warner, the man at the centre of the FIFA bribery scandal, has resigned from all his positions in international football.

UEFA have called on FIFA to implement “concrete” changes in governance within the next three months.

Officials at the centre of a FIFA investigation have made a complaint against Chuck Blazer, the whistleblower who sparked the bribery scandal that has rocked football’s world governing body.

Investigators probing claims of bribery by senior FIFA members will carry out interviews of the remaining witnesses in the Bahamas.

The power struggle at CONCACAF continued today after acting president Lisle Austin was provisionally banned for an alleged rule violation.

Mohamed Bin Hammam today wrote to FIFA to protest about his treatment at the hands of the organisation.

The Football Association’s attempt to have the FIFA election called off is “too little, too late”, according to the man who blew the whistle on alleged bribery by senior football figures.

FA chairman David Bernstein last night admitted the attempt to have the FIFA presidential election called off is almost certain to fail but insisted a “coronation” of Sepp Blatter is unacceptable.

Jack Warner has been reported to FIFA for allegedly violating his ban, it can be revealed.

Australia should not spend any more money on World Cup bids until FIFA’s corruption investigation has been completed, independent senator Nick Xenophon has urged.