FIFA vice-president Issa Hayatou today threatened legal action against BBC 'Panorama' over their claim he accepted a €11,900 bribe – insisting the money was given to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) towards their 40th anniversary celebrations.

UEFA president Michel Platini has insisted the BBC Panorama programme screened last night should not affect England’s 2018 World Cup bid.

African football chief Issa Hayatou insists the continent’s football decision-makers are yet to decide whether they will be challenging Sepp Blatter’s 12-year reign as FIFA president at the next elections.

Togo captain Emmanuel Adebayor has labelled the decision to ban his national team from the next two editions of the African Nations Cup as “outrageous”.

THE FNB Stadium is packed to its newly upgraded capacity of 110,000 fans.

Sepp Blatter has promised proposals which would restore credibility in FIFA after being re-elected as president of world football’s governing body.

Even in his wildest dreams, Sepp Blatter could not have imagined that he would be swept back to power on such a tidal wave of popular support.

Sepp Blatter has been re-elected as president of FIFA.

Opponents of FIFA president Sepp Blatter scored a potentially significant victory, last night, when they won their fight to set up a special internal committee to investigate the finances of football’s world governing body.