Fifa boss Blatter presents himself as a champion of developing nations to deflect from shady, most likely criminal dealings, writes Ian Buruma.

The split between Uefa and Fifa president Sepp Blatter has widened after reports the world governing body watered down a report into reform proposals.

South Africa couldn’t afford it. Brazil doesn’t want it. Russia mightn’t be right for it. Qatar shouldn’t have got it.

The World Cup kicks off shortly in Brazil, with associated nonsense either starting soon or already well under way (exhibit A: Wayne Rooney’s faux outtrage, with the English media’s interest in him and his family).

There’s a man that comes by this part of town some evenings. Leathery skin. Bristly grey hair. Gravelly voice.

Joao Havelange, the Brazilian who ruled Fifa for more than two decades, has resigned as honorary president of the world governing body after being named as having received bribes.

Joao Havelange, the Brazilian who ruled FIFA for more than two decades, has resigned as honorary president after being named as having received bribes, it has emerged today.

Mohamed Bin Hammam has returned to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to challenge his latest provisional suspension by FIFA.

FIFA's new ethics investigator has not ruled out looking at the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids as part of his probe into corruption allegations.

FIFA's leaders, including current president Sepp Blatter, knew that senior officials had been paid millions of pounds in bribes by the organisation's former marketing company ISL, a court document published yesterday has revealed.

Fifa chiefs had knowledge that senior officials including former president Joao Havelange had been paid bribes by the organisation’s former marketing company ISL, a court document published yesterday revealed.

Former FIFA president Joao Havelange is seriously ill in a Rio de Janeiro hospital after suffering heart problems while recovering from an ankle infection.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter believes members of the organisation’s executive committee may find their positions untenable if they are found to have received payments from a now-defunct marketing company in the 1990s.

FIFA’s clean-up drive could see three senior football officials named as having received kickbacks from a company that sold World Cup TV rights.

FIFA’s clean-up drive could see three senior football officials named as having received kickbacks from a company that sold World Cup TV rights.

FIFA aim to take the first steps towards “restoring its reputation throughout the world” today when their executive committee meet to discuss reforms to the governing body.

Michel Platini has called a summit meeting of the eight European FIFA members immediately before tomorrow’s executive committee in a bid to ensure that significant reforms of the world governing body are pushed through.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter said that he believes England wants to "destroy" the sport's global governing body.

FIFA is blocking the release of a document that would reveal the identity of two officials who have been forced to repay bribes, according to a BBC investigation.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has promised to address the latest allegations of bribery within the organisation.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has revealed he will stand for re-election in 2011, insisting “I have not yet achieved my mission in football.”

THE pressure is mounting on FIFA after the organisation became embroiled in a scandal involving a senior figure for the third time this year.

The pressure is mounting on FIFA after the organisation became embroiled in a scandal involving a senior figure for the third time this year.

UEFA has called for an investigation into bribery allegations surrounding the election of Sepp Blatter as president of FIFA five years ago.