A US senator has said comparing corruption within Fifa to the mafia would be insulting to the mafia.

The US has submitted a formal request for Switzerland to extradite seven Fifa officials arrested in Zurich as part of a corruption probe that has rocked soccer’s world governing body.

A businessman who was indicted by US authorities in connection to the Fifa corruption case has turned himself in to Italian police.

Football appears to be at a crossroads today as Sepp Blatter remains defiant in the face of a threatened revolution from Uefa as the shockwaves from Fifa’s “seismic” corruption scandal continued to rock the global game.

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.

Uefa, European football’s governing body, has said the election to choose a new president for international organisation Fifa should be postponed following the arrest of soccer officials in Zurich.

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FIFA was plunged into crisis on Wednesday morning after Swiss authorities made early-morning arrests of six football officials and opened separate criminal proceedings over the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

FIFA disciplinary chairman Claudio Sulser says Russia will be punished if their supporters show any form of racist behaviour at the 2018 World Cup in the country.

FIFA is to be urged by its new anti-discrimination task force to pressure World Cup hosts Qatar and Russia to relax their anti-gay laws.

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.

Inter Milan are certain to escape with just a fine for the racist abuse some fans aimed at Tottenham players, according to the head of European football’s anti-discrimination body FARE.